Balloon Or Helmet?
"But let us who are of the day be sober,
putting on the breastplate of faith and
love, and as a helmet the hope
of
salvation."
1 Thessalonians 5: 8
There’s a new Guinness World Records holder.
David Rush appeared onto the television show
Live with Kelly and Mark and burst six-hundred
balloons with his boxing gloves in allotted time.
But there’s someone even better at bursting
bubbles and destroying dreams.
It is our enemy. He wants to deflate the biblical
hope that sustains us. He punches us and takes
the wind out of our optimistic faith. He often does
it by luring us into some sin.
When our fellowship with God is strained by
sinfulness, we feel hopeless, not hopeful. But
we have an Advocate with the
Father—Jesus
Christ—who fills us with His Spirit, with hope,
and with joy.
One of the most enduring lessons of
faith
is coming back to God in confession,
repentance, realignment, and rededication.
Ask God today to give you strength to act
decisively in dealing with your sin so you
continue to have a heart filled with hope.
Hope is not a balloon to be punctured but
a helmet to be worn.
"Hope for the Christian is a
confident expectation of a
guaranteed result."
Paul David Tripp
