Overflowing With Hope

Imagine a world filled with individuals who execute their day-to-day affairs from a place of overflowing hope.

This means that, no matter what your profession is, ultimately, what you bring to your clients is hope (because you are operating from that place of "overflowing hope").

13 May the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace as you trust in him, so that you may overflow with hope by the power of the Holy Spirit.

- Romans 15:13

This verse of scripture is so rich. It is subdivided into five parts:

  1. May the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace 
  2. as you trust in him
  3. You may overflow with hope
  4. By the power of the Holy Spirit

This is not a typo

I know you are saying, "Didn't you say there were five parts to the verse, but you listed 4. Was that a typo? Well, it is not a typo because the 5th element is unwritten. The unwritten statement in Romans 15:13 is that we have a part to play in "the God of hope filling us with Joy and peace."

Our part is in James 3:18

18 And the fruit of righteousness is sown in peace of them that make peace.

As we [the fruit of righteousness] sow ourselves in the field of the world (Matthew 13:38), God says to Himself, "There is a vessel through whom I can do great exploits."

He says, "That's a vessel that I (the God of Hope) will fill with all joy and peace" as we sow ourselves (daily) with an anticipated ROI (Return on Investment) of Kingdom Advancement." 

Dr. Ray Charles

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