Perfecting our faith: Contrasting Biblical hope from natural hope

Text:Hebrews 11:1 , Romans 8:24 From our text we can see that faith is first and foremost the substance of things hoped for.So understanding the contrasts between biblical ad natural hope is important in perfecting our faith. Natural hope is synonymous with wishing. I am hoping to get a job or a new home.Biblical hope is Holy Spirit inspired,inner image or picture or dreams within us deliberately cultivated based on the promises of God's word and heaven's unfailing and unlimited provisions. Faith gives substance to bible based hopes or inner image or picture in the spirit realm and makes it manifest in the natural realm. Biblical hope is the person of our Lord Jesus Christ-the Living Word of God.(1 Timothy 1:1) Our intense expectation that the inner image or biblical hope will come to pass guarantees that the spiritual seed of hope cultivated will produce fruit in the kingdom and results in the rewards of our inheritance. Alleluia. So when believers do not take time to cultivate biblical hope within their hearts, faith is left with nothing to do or work on and becomes ineffectual. Cultivating biblical hope is very crucial to perfecting our faith and will be the subject of the next blog. Shalom and God bless you richly.