A Message The World Needs: Hope!
My friends and I had the privilege of coaching a inter-city teen basketball team this year, we had done well and made it all the way to the championship game. Coming into the game we felt pretty good about our chances, we were 7-1, we lost our first game but after that we were beating teams by 20 to 30 points. So coming into the championship game we felt pretty good about our team and their abilities.
As the game went on something weird started to happen, we were not playing our normal game, the other team who we had beaten by 20 the last time we played, were keeping us with us. We got to the fourth quarter and the game was neck and neck, three of our best players had 4 fouls and were in danger of fouling out of the game. At that moment my friends and I and even some of the team was losing hope.
All those hidden doubts we had coming into the game were screaming in our ears, as our hope faded the doubt increased. Then with 30 seconds or so left the other team made a shot and were winning by 1 point with only 14 seconds left. The ball was inbounded and passed two times to our best player, at that moment the hope started over taking the doubt. He got the ball and drove to the basket, it was like what you would see in the movies, he made the shot and time ran out, we won the championship
When you’re chasing your dreams hope is the fuel in your gas tank, when you have no hope you have no real chance of succeeding. With everything that’s going on in our economy, in our world really, we see a lack of hope, people are searching for it. You might be one of those people, do you have hope? If you do, are you spreading the message of hope?
Hope is your shield to stop doubt
Whether it’s chasing your dreams, moving to a new dream job, or starting a business, you will always have doubt. Even when you see some success, your doubts will never go away, when you have doubt, hope can make those doubts look silly.
There was no reason for us to have doubt, our team was solid all year, the doubt only started to take over when we lost hope. If you have a step by step plan and have done the proper research, there’s no need for you to listen to doubt. When you start facing doubt you need hope and you do have hope based off of your planning. If you have prayed about what the Lord would have for you then there’s no reason to have doubt, trust in the Lord, He’s your hope!
Hope is our strength in time of despair
Have you ever talked to someone who just lost a job? Have you been a part of a company that is going through lay-off’s? Have you seen a business that has to close down because of lack of business? In all these situations the hope is gone and it leads to depression and anger, what these people really need is hope.
How much of a difference is there if that person that lost their job gets a call to come into a job interview? At that moment they snap out of those other emotions and they have hope of getting that job which gives hope that everything will be ok. When that company that is laying people off has a great quarter, all of a sudden there’s hope in that office. When someone is going through some of the worst situations in their life, hope can get them through those situations, they need this hope, we need this hope.
Are you spreading the message of hope?
As the negative emotions can be contagious, hope can be far more contagious, that’s why you and I need to spread this message of hope. If you want to chase your dreams, there is hope for you. We are in the greatest time of opportunity, there is opportunity everywhere if you’re willing to see it. Hope seem’s so elusive if you watch or read the news, everyday is a story that makes you doubt and lose hope, STOP! Ignore the news, don’t listen to the negative attitudes of other people, hope is all around you and your dreams deserve hope.
Life is too short for you to lose hope and not live the life you deserve, the life that our Lord wants for you, hold onto hope and chase your dreams! If you want to lose weight, want to move somewhere new, want to learn a new language, whatever it is there is hope for you and you need to be spreading this message. With the lack of hope in our world today we need all hands on deck spreading this message. There are some many messages that we want to spread with our texts and social media pages and blogs and websites, but hope has to be an important part of that message.
If you are feeling hopeless and aren’t spreading the message of hope, remember back to when you were really hopeless, when you didn’t have a personal relationship with Jesus Christ. Before that we really didn’t have hope but after you accepted Him as your Saviour you not only have hope but you have absolute assurance. Remember that time, remember what you have and start spreading the message of hope today!
Do you have hope? Are you spreading the message of hope?
