The world tells you, "Don't get your hopes up." They say it to protect you. They think that if you keep your expectations low, you won't be disappointed when things go wrong.

But the Bible says the exact opposite. It tells us to put on the "helmet of the hope of salvation."

In Greek, the word for hope is: (Elpis) ἐλπίς — "a confident, happy expectation of good."

It isn't a wish. It isn't a "maybe." It is a solid, aggressive anticipation that good is coming. Why can we have this confidence? Because our future isn't based on the economy or the news cycle. It is based on the finished work of Jesus.

When Jesus cried "Finished," He canceled the debt of your past and secured the glory of your future. There is no bad harvest waiting for you. The wages of sin have been paid. The only thing waiting for you is God’s goodness.

So go ahead. Raise your hopes. Expect the turnaround. Expect the healing. Expect the restoration.

“Now hope does not disappoint, because the love of God has been poured out in our hearts...” Romans 5:5

A low hope is not humility; it is a misunderstanding of the Cross.