1 Peter 1:20-21 – “He was foreknown before the foundation of the world but was made manifest in the last times for the sake of you who through him are believers in God, who raised him from the dead and gave him glory, so that your faith and hope are in God.”
Faith and hope are often used interchangeably, but they do have distinct meanings. According to the dictionary, faith is “complete trust or confidence in someone or something” and hope is “a feeling of expectation and desire for a particular thing to happen”. In simpler terms, faith refers to the present, and hope refers to the future.
In the verses above, Peter reminds us that our faith and our hope need to be in God. The Lord of the past, present and future presides over our lives. And our faith in Him needs to encompass the past, present and future as well. We need to believe that God will redeem our past and bring some good out of it. He is there with us in the present, giving us grace and strength to fight our daily battles.
We can hope for a better tomorrow because God is constantly working in us and through us. No matter how miserable your past was, how difficult your present situation is, or how bleak the future may appear, have faith and hope in God. He has not failed you yet, and He never will. Don’t give up on God; He hasn’t given up on you!
