If “hopelessness” was a character in a theatre show, it would need very little introduction.  The audience and other characters would immediately know what hopelessness was about and what role it would play in the show.

Hopelessness needs no introduction to us.  We know exactly what it feels like and how it penetrates the essence of who we are.  It affects our relationships, our study or work, our family, or perhaps our sleep or appetite.

For some of us hopelessness can even feel like a death sentence.

But hope is never too far away in the theatre show of our lives.  We may not understand the reason for our circumstances, but by faith we believe hope is alive; hope knows no barriers and can not be contained.

Why?

Because hope has already been.  Hope is present today and hope will remain with us in the future.

Suddenly we realise that “hope” is not a character in the theatre show as we initially thought: it is the actual story line of the play, the very reason the play was written.

Hope is not something to wish for in the future.  It is to be lived-in today – all made possible by Jesus Christ, the saviour of our hopelessness.

May every day of our lives be centred on the choice to live in the “storyline” of hope, not stuck with the “character” of hopelessness.

“Indeed, we felt we had received the sentence of death. But this happened that we might not rely on ourselves but on God, who raises the dead.  He has delivered us from such a deadly peril, and he will deliver us again. On him we have set our hope that he will continue to deliver us.”  2 Corinthians 1:9-10a