Hebrews 6:17-19 tells us about a place where we can find hope, and not just any hope but the kind of hope that can be an anchor for our souls. A place where we can be secure and have refuge from the problems that we are facing.  It says, “Wherein God, willing more abundantly to shew unto the heirs of promise the immutability of his counsel, confirmed it by an oath: That by two immutable things, in which it was impossible for God to lie, we might have a strong consolation, who have fled for refuge to lay hold upon the hope set before us: Which hope we have as an anchor of the soul, both sure and stedfast, and which entereth into that within the veil;”

Let’s consider this hope that the Bible speaks of.  It is not a place to go to as much as a person who came for you.  That person is Jesus Christ.  He is the hope that the Bible is talking about and it is in Him that you can find a new and secure hope and life.  We saw the thieves of hope in the examples of suicide that are in the Bible, but Jesus said in John 10:10 “The thief cometh not, but for to steal, and to kill, and to destroy: I am come that they might have life, and that they might have it more abundantly.”  You see, Jesus came to give you a new life, one that is filled with abundance, one that is filled with peace.  He provided this new life for us by taking our place in death.  He allowed Himself to be killed for our sin and died in our place. It says in Romans 5:8 “But God commendeth his love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us.” Jesus Christ died for you so that you won’t have to.  The life that you are weary of right now He already died for and is offering you a new life in its place.  Jesus said in John 3:16-18 “For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life. For God sent not his Son into the world to condemn the world; but that the world through him might be saved.  He that believeth on him is not condemned: but he that believeth not is condemned already, because he hath not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God.” This is actually the message of the Bible, that God, in love, sent Jesus to take our sin upon Himself and die in our place so that we can have a life in Him.  

Apart from Jesus there is only death and sorrow but in Christ there is life and peace.  That is the hope that God offers you through Jesus Christ, a strong confidence that your sins have been covered no matter what they are and a peace with God because you have been redeemed by Him from all your troubles.  He offers you a new hope, a new life and with it a new identity.  In 2 Corinthians 5:17 the Bible tells us, “Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new.”  This new identity means that you can put the past behind you and start over with a clean slate.  God wants you to have the freedom to experience the life He intended you to have in Christ.  I encourage you to stop right now and call on Jesus Christ to be your Savior, confess your sin to Him and ask Him for forgiveness. That is why He died for you. Claim your new life and new identity in Christ and grab hold of the hope that is set before you.

Hope: “Confidence in a future event; the highest degree of well founded expectation of good; as a hope founded on God’s gracious promises; a scriptural sense.” – Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, Definition 2

Romans 10:8-13 “But what saith it? The word is nigh thee, even in thy mouth, and in thy heart: that is, the word of faith, which we preach; That if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised him from the dead, thou shalt be saved.  For with the heart man believeth unto righteousness; and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation.  For the scripture saith, Whosoever believeth on him shall not be ashamed.  For there is no difference between the Jew and the Greek: for the same Lord over all is rich unto all that call upon him.  For whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved.”

Titus 3:7 “That being justified by his grace, we should be made heirs according to the hope of eternal life.”

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