Results 1 - 4 of 4
|
|
|||||
Results from: Answered Bible Questions, Answers, Unanswered Bible Questions, Notes Ordered by Verse | ||||||
Results | Verse | Author | ID# | |||
1 | How is hope deferred? | Prov 13:12 | terrib | 112957 | ||
Hi mommapbs, Hope deferred, that is, the object hoped for; if it is not enjoyed as soon as expected, at least if it is delayed any length of time, the mind becomes weary, uneasy, the heart sinks and fails, and the spirit of the person is ready for despondency, ready to give up the enjoyment the desired object would bring; whether it be deliverance from any evil, or the possession of any good thing or the enjoyment that comes when your love finally gets home when late. Loose hope and here comes apostacy, here comes grief, here comes death. But truth, faith and patience for that hope will be rewarded so says the Scriptures: (Rev 2:7) ... him that overcometh will I give to eat of the tree of life, which is in the midst of the paradise of God. (Rev 2:11) ... He that overcometh shall not be hurt of the second death. (Rev 2:17) ... him that overcometh will I give to eat of the hidden manna, and will give him a white stone, and in the stone a new name written, which no man knoweth saving he that receiveth it. (Rev 2:26) ... he that overcometh, and keepeth my works unto the end, to him will I give power over the nations: (Rev 3:5) He that overcometh, the same shall be clothed in white raiment; and I will not blot out his name out of the book of life, but I will confess his name before my Father, and before his angels. (Rev 3:12) Him that overcometh will I make a pillar in the temple of my God, and he shall go no more out: and I will write upon him the name of my God, and the name of the city of my God, which is new Jerusalem, which cometh down out of heaven from my God: and I will write upon him my new name. (Rev 3:21) ... him that overcometh will I grant to sit with me in my throne, even as I also overcame, and am set down with my Father in his throne. And the last: (Rev 21:7 KJV) He that overcometh shall inherit all things; and I will be his God, and he shall be my son. (Pro 13:12 KJV) ... but when the desire cometh, it is a tree of life. Hope deferred, waiting for my Lord. terrib |
||||||
2 | How is hope deferred? | Prov 13:12 | Mommapbs | 112959 | ||
Greetings terrib! Thanks for the reply - Are you are suggesting that the 'hope' that is deferred is what God has in store for us when we get to heaven? Since this is such a wonderful promise, how could it make the heart sick? This doesn't make sense to me, but I'm going to put that into the think tank too as I continue to explore what God would have me to understand from this verse. Jesus said that He came to give us life - abundant life , right here, right now! See my post to Sharon Fanning on this thread. Obviously, there is a connection with what we desire too, what is the object of our desire (God or self)? When we delight in the Lord, He gives us HIS desires (Ps 37:4)- would these make the heart sick or a wellspring of life, overflowing with His love?! As we seek after Him with our whole heart, we are exercizing the hope that is within us . . . just some thoughts. Blessings, mommapbs |
||||||
3 | How is hope deferred? | Prov 13:12 | terrib | 112966 | ||
mommapbs, You asked, "how could it make the heart sick?". It doesn't make the heart sick in the physical sense but in an emotional sense; wanting the promise to come but having to wait for that which is promised, with a longing that sometimes comes to the tune of pining. Like wanting to be with your loved ones and at a time they are separated from you and your heart aches for them. Your heart is sick for them. You said, "Jesus said that He came to give us life - abundant life, right here, right now!" and "He gives us HIS desires", yes these are true and because we have these things now they are no longer a hope, they are a reality. Hope is something you wait for, something in the future. Spiritually we are seated with Him in heavenly places (Eph 2:6) but physically we are bound, for now, to this Earth, this dust. (2Co 5:6 KJV) "Therefore we are always confident, knowing that, whilst we are at home in the body, we are absent from the Lord:" For as Moses knew God by voice and fire, his desire was to look upon His face but this flesh cannot contain the glory of His physical presence for the flesh is corrupt and nothing corrupt may enter into His presence. So we hope for the incorruptible. For if we hope in Christ only for the things of this life, or if our hope in Him is bounded with this life, and confined to the things of it, and does not reach to the things of another life, the things of eternity, the invisible glories of another world, to be enjoyed in soul and body; "...we are of all men the most miserable." (1 Cor 15:19) So, "exercising the hope that is within us" is no longer hope but faith, for faith is that of the present and hope that of the future. I guess sometimes I get a little melancholy, for I am ready to depart and soon the time will be, as with all of us, for as my youth was just yesterday my time will be as close as tomorrow. (Rom 15:13 KJV) Now the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, that ye may abound in hope, through the power of the Holy Ghost. terrib |
||||||
4 | How is hope deferred? | Prov 13:12 | Mommapbs | 112971 | ||
Blessings to you terrib - I do understand what you are saying . . . "the sufferings of this present time are not worthy to be compared with the glory that is to be revealed to us." Rom 8:18 Being at war is tough and the battle continues to rage on; we are hard pressed, but not defeated - we are weary and homesick . . . but in the meantime, we are more than conquerers through Jesus, who loves us and gives us HIS life to live in until He calls us heavenward. (And as Paul said, His grace is sufficient - in fact it is more than enough; it is everything that we need for LIFE, right here, right now which is eternal! In eternity, only the scenery changes - that's what we are longing for, a return to the way it was in the beginning before sin.) Maranantha! |
||||||