I’ve been quite challenged lately with Proverbs 13:12 which says:

Hope deferred makes the heart sick, but a longing fulfilled is a tree of life.

The question I keep asking myself is “Where do I put my hope and expectation?“.

Too often I find that I put my hope in earthly things. By putting my hope in those things, instead of in God, I am setting myself for disappointment and “deferred hope”. Instead of putting my hope in God I find myself put my hope in:

• People
• Finances
• Circumstances

Not only do I need to be careful where I put my hope, but also what am I hoping for? Does my will and what I hope for line up with God’s will?

Where do you place your hope, and what are hoping for?

Photo by Martin Gommel