In hope he believed against hope, that he should become the father of many nations, as he had been told, “So shall your offspring be.
Romans 4:18

There’s something deeply moving about Abraham’s kind of hope. Scripture says he “hoped against hope.” In other words, when there was absolutely no logical reason left to believe, he still chose to trust God. 

Imagine Abraham—old, tired, childless—every evening looking up at the stars and thinking, “God said my descendants will be like these.” Every natural fact said it was impossible. But Abraham’s faith didn’t rest on what he could see—it rested on who he knew God to be. 

That’s the kind of hope God wants to grow in us. Hope that doesn’t crumble when circumstances do. Hope that isn’t based on “how things look,” but on the unchanging truth of God’s promises. When everything seems to shout, “There’s no way!”—faith whispers back, “But God said there is.” 

When we choose to look for the Lord’s best at our worst, something starts to shift inside us. Our trials become sacred ground—places where our hope gets tested and purified. Instead of despairing, we start saying, “I’ve just got to look around a little deeper—what good thing might God be working here?” That’s how we grow into people who can glory even in our tribulations—because we’ve learned that every hard season still carries God’s purpose. 

This week, when you face something that feels impossible, pause and ask: “What promise has God already spoken over this?” Choose to hope against hope. Keep looking for the good thing God might be doing beneath the surface—and trust that He’s not finished yet.