We Had Hoped...

We had hoped he was the Messiah who had come to rescue Israel... [Luke 24.21a]

What a sad statement, "We had hoped..."

What an irony however as the very thing they had hoped for had indeed been fulfilled. But they could not see it.

The fact that Jesus Christ had accomplished God's plan for Messiah was unchanged by their ignorance. Their failure to recognize Jesus had no bearing whatsoever on the completed task of eternal redemption. The Old Testament covenant (including the unbearable Law of Moses) was fulfilled, sealed up, and preserved only for history - an all-new era of grace had dawned - Jesus had defeated death! And still they knew nothing of it...

My faith is challenged this morning - big time. As I sit here submitting my thoughts, I realize innumerable things I had hoped for in life - things that, in my perception, have been unfulfilled. Lately I find myself in dumbfounded shock as I review my circumstances... "But I thought..." "I had hoped..." Is it possible that I have given up? Is it possible that I have accepted what I have seen (or failed to see) regarding what I hope for... or should I say "hoped" for?

Maybe it is time to re-kindle hope. Maybe it is time that I forget what I see (or don't see) and stick with what I hope for and believe. Maybe it is time that I have intimate fellowship with Jesus. Maybe it is time that I allow Him to open my eyes to see!

Father, regarding any and all unfulfilled hope in my life, help me today to see Jesus.