24 For in this hope we were saved. But hope that is seen is no hope at all. Who hopes for what he already has? 25 But if we hope for what we do not yet have, we wait for it patiently.
Hope is something that man does not have, but is to what he aspires. While we taste the blessing of the Spirit, we look toward adoption by Christ when He returns to establish His kingdom, thereby enabling us to enter into the full inheritance which He has promised to us.
Today's Comments: From the above passage and its interpretation by the Bible Exposition Commentary, hope involves waiting. And it is interesting that, in today's culture, nobody likes to wait. Everybody wants instant gratification. Instant riches, instant sex, fast food, fast cars, and fast people. Yet, sometimes, we are called to suffering. Or, often we are taken out of our comfort zones, at the least. Certainly the disciples were, and if we want to call ourselves disciples, sometimes we must either suffer and/or wait until the plan that God has established for us grows into being. And so, we must eagerly wait for the good things that God has promised to us.
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