what is your hope in?

I have been meditating on hope. What is it? Where does it come from? What can it do for you and I?
I see hope as a combination of faith and trust mixed together. Hebrews 11:1 says now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen. Faith is believing without seeing and trusting is waiting even if you aren't totally sure what you're waiting on.
What do I have my hope in? What do you have your hope in?
I know I have my hope in Jesus Christ the Savior for my salvation but do I put all my hope in him at ALL times. I say the phrase "i sure hope so" alot. "I hope this car will hurry up and turn" or "I hope I am not late for class" "I hope I can..." etc. I heard a preacher on WTBI say that americans (most) have no idea what it is to put their faith in God. I think what we pour ourselves into is what we hope for. Some people pour themselves into making the most money, having the biggest muscles, getting people to like them etc. i guess what's had me thinkin' on this is because we are getting ready to have another election...I'll just go ahead and say i'm voting for Mitt Romney, because ANYTHING and I mean ANYTHING is better than what we've got right now!! like i said a few sentences above I believe we pour ourselves into what we hope for and I've seen what most people are hoping for...A president to SAVE them! I have seen pictures all over FB, and articles in the papers showing all these "HOPEFUL" people waving flags, raising there hands, smiling big, acting like he is the best thing since cracker jack.I realized people have got it backwards. My King James Bible says,  It is better to trust in the LORD than to put confidence in man.~ Psalm 118:8. Why are we looking for a man to fix our economy and problems when there is none. Obama said he could...Obama's slogan 4 years ago was that he was "hope for America", "change we can beieleve in." America was/is SO lost that she believed it! If we would get back to the Book and place and keep our faith, hope and trust in JESUS CHRIST, america would be changed...changed for the better. hope in man can fail, man can break his oath, man can just mess up even accidentally but God's word stands true forever and always! Heaven and earth shall pass away, but my words shall not pass away.~ Matthew 24:35.  People think a new president can turn our country around. I know one person can change things drastically. Romney can't fix all of this, but God can.

We want things to be different and we want things to get better but noone wants to go to the place help is found, people want hope but they don't want anything to do with the source of true hope. They want hope and help yet want nothing to do with God or Jesus. We can't make it on our own. I wish, no...I hope people will open their eyes and start searching for true hope.

I love this song...My Hope is Built:
                             
My hope is built on nothing less
than Jesus' blood and righteousness.
I dare not trust the sweetest frame,
but wholly lean on Jesus' name.

Chorus:On Christ the solid rock I stand,
all other ground is sinking sand;
all other ground is sinking sand.

When Darkness veils his lovely face,
I rest on his unchanging grace.
In every high and stormy gale,
my anchor holds within the veil.

His oath, his covenant, his blood
supports me in the whelming flood.
When all around my soul gives way,
he then is all my hope and stay.

When he shall come with trumpet sound,
O may I then in him be found!
Dressed in his righteousness alone,
faultless to stand before the throne!


What is your hope in? Lets get back to leaning on Jesus!

-megan :)