Awakening your destiny

God gives us hope by calling forth our destiny. This prophetic thought from William Matthews & Christa Black's "Hope Anthem" is the best explanations of Christian "Hope" that I have come across.

The word hope is often used in the sense of a wish. eg "I hope you get better." Hope therefore is often seen as a desire far from reality. However Dr Ern Baxter writes “In the New Testament when the Holy Spirit uses the word “hope” – He doesn’t use it in the sense of the word “wish for”. Hope in the New Testament is that which God has declared will be and that toward which we move with certainty". This is perfectly summed up in the Hope Anthem below. Re-read the Bible verses below in light of this song. (Bob Lipsys, Australia)

I pray that God, the source of hope, will fill you completely with joy and peace because you trust in him. Then you will overflow with confident hope through the power of the Holy Spirit. Romans 15:13

I pray that your hearts will be flooded with light so that you can understand the confident hope he has given to those he called—his holy people who are his rich and glorious inheritance. Ephesians 1:18

Hope's Anthem
by William Matthews & Christa Black, Bethel Worship

He's awakening the hope in me
By calling forth my destiny
He's breathing life into my soul
I will thirst for Him and Him alone

He has come like the rain
That showers on the barren plain
So my heart and tongue confess
Jesus Christ, the Hope of man

My hope is in You, God
I am steadfast, I will not be moved
I'm anchored, never shaken
All my hope is in You

He's bringing hope to the hopeless
And giving his heart to the broken
And sharing His home with the orphan
He is the joy, He is my joy

He is the hope of the nations
The father's heart we're embracing
He is the song we're declaring
He is the joy, He is my joy

Why so downcast oh, oh my soul
Put your hope in God alone