Proverbs 23:18
Surely there is a future,
And your hope will not be cut off.
Tag: Hope
This proverb comes on the heels of the previous which tells us not to envy sinners. Solomon wants us to be careful that we don't cast our gaze onto those without Christ and faith in God, thinking that what see in our sight is actually what is in our vision. In our sight we see the wicked playing; loving life and spending time in frolic and fun. But, in our vision ... our long-term vision ... the future, what we see takes on a different look. In the future, we have hope. We have something that is coming that others don't see. In the future we have "hope." That is something the unbeliever can't say. We have a blessedness coming that can't be compared to anything we see the world doing. When we look with the eyes of faith we, like Moses, see a city in the distance, Who's maker and builder is God (Hebrews 11). Faith asks us to ... demands us ... to look not with fleshly eyes but with eyes of hope. We see, through faith, what God will do, not what is being done. Look in faith today. Your hope will not be cut off. When we are in suffering we typically see with our earthily eyes. We see the look in the mirror and see that cancer has ravished our hair. We get up to work and discover time as stolen our step. But God gives us hope. He has a future for us. We might see one thing with our eyes of flesh, but we see something completely different with our eyes of faith. We see hope.
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