“The Hope-Shaped Life”

The opening verses of Colossians 3 give us hope. We have hope not only because our past has been swallowed up by Jesus’s death and because we are hidden and secure in his life in the present. But we have hope in the future. Without hope, all you can see is what has happened to you; with hope, you can see what God is doing in you. Hope doesn’t stop life from happening, and since we know the end of the story, hope shapes what happens next.