"Still a Creature of Hope"

"To whom God would make known what is the riches of the glory of this mystery among the Gentiles; which is Christ in you, the hope of glory;" (Colossians 1:27) Just when you thought it was safe to not care about anything again, hope must live on! This is altogether a different hope than what the world would like us to settle for, because the world will let us down, time and time again. The hope we are talking about here is hope that is settled, period! This is hope that is based upon the desire of some good with the expectation of obtaining it. Abraham was a creature of this kind of hope, and for him, it was counted as righteousness because his hope was placed in the promises of his God. Likewise, we that have tasted the glory of the risen King Jesus, have a living hope; not based in fables or stories, but in the very Christ who lives in us; which makes our hope a present hope! You have no doubt seen a bumper sticker that says, "No Christ, no hope; Know Christ, Know Hope"; it is this type of hope that we have been given, which is altogether complete, yet still looking towards being completed. It was also the same for Abraham, who walked as one who believed in the promises, and yet he lived his life as if those promises had already been fulfilled. I would relate this hope to that of climbing a mountain, in which the climb is only circumstantial, because you are already at the top... (Think about it!)