About a year ago Dan Bohi spoke some words that I will never forget.  If you don’t know who Dan Bohi is, I can simply say that he is a man called to live a life of service as an evangelist; a lay person who God anointed and sent.  A man who I call ordinary and uneducated, just like the Peter and John were called by the Pharisees (Acts 4:13).  You just can’t deny the power of the Holy Spirit; whom was on Peter and John, whom is also on display through this one man, Dan Bohi.

On this particular occasion Dan was speaking to only the pastoral staff of our Sandusky Nazarene church.  He was led to speak to us on the topic of hope out of Job 14:7-9.  As Dan made a statement about when our reality seems to be without hope, it is here in God’s kingdom where most of the hope is.  It is in these dire circumstances where the only possible solution is God; it is where God gets all the glory.  Dan went on to say, “I think hope is the most powerful force on the planet.  If you have hope, nothing can stop us.  Faith without hope is powerless.” 

As I was seeking to listen to His voice today I was led to Hebrews 10:23, “Let us hold fast the confession of our hope without wavering, for He who promised is faithful” (NASB).  We often talk about the importance of having faith, but we must not neglect the importance of first having hope.  If faith is the assurance of things hoped for, then hope must come first.  Let us learn this lesson of having a steadfast hope from the writer of Hebrews, as our God and Father is faithful.  Don’t let the circumstances of life diminish or steal your hope.  Accept the circumstances as your weakness and praise God through them; maintaining the fullness of hope.  It is in this weakness where you should have the most hope as it is here in this weakness where God does His greatest work, for His glory alone.  Let hope arise and your faith increase to the glory of God.

I desire to live a Faith-Full life in hope without wavering.