1Pet 1: 3 Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who according to His great mercy has regenerated us unto a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead, Col 1:27 To whom God willed to make known what are the riches of the glory of this mystery among the Gentiles, which is Christ in you, the hope of glory,
A living hope depends on life. If there were no life in our body, we would not have the hope to be healed of any illness or injury. But because we have life in our body, we have the hope for it to be healed of injury or illness. We would not have such a hope for something that is not living. For example, suppose a wooden chair is broken. The chair does not have any hope of repairing itself. If no one comes to work on the chair to repair it, it will remain indefinitely broken without any hope of being fixed. But when one is in the hospital, he has a living hope because of the life in his body. He has the confidence that his physical life would heal the problem in his body. Therefore, he has a living hope.
What is a living hope? A living hope is a hope that comes from life. This hope results from the living, organic element within us. In addition to physical life, we also have the divine life in us through the Father’s regeneration. This life is the strongest, richest, and highest life. To be sure, this life will take care of us. We may have problems and troubles, but we have a living hope because of the divine life within us. We are not dead–we are living. Thus, we have a living hope, the hope that our situation will be better in the future. We have eternal life, and this life gives us a living hope. This hope is the inheritance of all the blessings of eternal life.
Prayer Confession Loving Father thank you for this truth. Thank you for giving me the strongest, richest and highest life that cares for me through regeneration. Lord, I transcend in this life and enjoy the inheritance and all the blessings of life now. I declare that my future is better and brighter through the living hope I have in the divine life in Jesus’ name, Amen.