Last Sunday, Gregg concluded our series, He’s Still Got the Whole World in His Hands, with the message Hope, describing hope as a person or thing in which our expectations for the future are centered.
Although we don’t often think about it, whatever we are leaning our life against is that in which we have placed our hope. Gregg described hope like a ladder that we lean against a wall. Often we find ourselves leaning our lives against temporary and unfulfilling things such as our career, our relationships, or our finances.
Placing our hope in the world, in anything temporary, is futile because our world is hopelessly broken. Sin has messed up, infected and impacted every living thing. If our hope is in the world, we will always be disappointed. The only way to maintain hope in a broken and uncertain world is to lean our ladder against, or place our hope in God’s incredible love for us.
We asked one of our campus staff members, Shaun, to paint some artwork for the set. Shaun is also a professional artist whose work is currently on display at two of Hawaii’s libraries. You can view Shaun’s portfolio here. The picture below shows what Shaun and JR, one of our talented high school students, constructed for last week’s message.
May your unfailing love be with us, O Lord, even as we put our hope in you.” (Psalm 33:22)
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