A Solid Hope by A.W. Tozer

"1 Peter 1:3 "Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, which according to his abundant mercy hath begotten us unto a lively hope by the resurrection of Jesus Christ frm the dead."

Brethern, we have been born of God and our Christian hope is a valid hope! No emptiness, no vanity, no dreams that cannot come true. Your expectation should rise and you should challenge God and begin to dram high dreams of faith and spiritual attainment and expect God to meet them. You cannot out-hope God and you cannot out-expect God. Remember that all of your hopes are finite, but all of God's ability is infinite!

Now, brethern, what is it that makes our Christian hope a living hope and gives it reality and substance for the future?

The answer is clear and plain - the ressurection of our Lord Jesus Christ is God's gracious guarantee of our blessed future.

I dare say this to you, my friends - your Christian hope is just as good as Jesus Christ. Your anticipation for the future lives or dies with Jesus. If He is who He said He was, you can spread your wings and soar. If He is not, you will fall to the ground like a lump of lead.

Jesus Christ is our hope and God has raised Him from the dead and since Jesus overcame the grave, Christians dare to die.

Thank You, Father, that my hope is not a vain hope but rather hope in Jesus Christ. What a sure hope! Amen. "
From Tozer for Today: Tozer on the Almighty God.

Other wonderful books by A.W. Tozer that I recommend and enjoy:
The Pursuit of God
The Attributes of God (Two Volumes)
The Best of A.W. Tozer (Two Volumes)
Of God and Man
Jesus, Author of Our Faith
Men Who Met God
The Pursuit of man (formerly The Divine Conquest)

Which you might ask is my favorite book by A.W. Tozer? It is The Pursuit of God