In the face of monumental problems, Christians can hold onto hope, not as a physical refuge, but as a spiritual anchor. This hope is grounded in three profound reasons: God has forgiven our sins, removing the terror of death; He has made an unbreakable promise to send Jesus Christ and establish His Kingdom on earth; and through His calling, we trust His Word and are guided by His Spirit through all trials. Biblical hope, unlike a mere wish, is rooted in the unfailing character and power of Almighty God, who cannot lie and does not change. As listed in I Corinthians 13:13, faith, hope, and love stand as the greatest virtues a Christian can embody. Hope, both as an expectation of good and a motivating attitude, is essential to Christian life, acting as an anchor for the soul, sure and steadfast, dispelling fears of frustration and despair. With faith, hope, and love functioning together, they glorify God, urging us to ensure our hope is firmly anchored in Him and His promises, motivating us to work out our salvation.

Everyone alive is or soon will become damaged goods, physically and spiritually broken by the forces that control and corrupt our environment. The apostle Paul in Romans 8:19-25 speaks of our frailties being subjected to hope, a hope for the repair of our defects and the renewal of our damaged bodies upon adoption and redemption. This hope extends to the whole creation, longing for restoration. Peter describes this as a living hope, with Jesus Christ as its goal and anchor, for because He is alive, we can place our hope in Him with complete confidence through our faith. Colossians 1:5 tells us our hope is laid up in heaven, and Colossians 3:1 urges us to seek things above, where Christ sits at the right hand of God. Christ is both the goal of our hope and the One we depend upon to realize it, through His atoning work as our High Priest. By faith, a virtue given by our Creator, we trust that the hope He provides is true and will be realized in the future. Our faith must remain certain in God's power and willingness to bring His children into the Kingdom, strengthening and informing our hope. Our faith and hope are like interlocking gears powering our walk with God. Paul in Hebrews 11:1 ties them together, stating that faith is the substance of things hoped for, the confidence of things not seen. Our faith strengthens our hope, and our hope is realized by our faith, both having Jesus Christ as their ultimate focus. Hope motivates us to right actions toward a future good, supporting our vision of eternal life in the Kingdom of God. This hope, placed in us by God, makes its object not ourselves, but Jesus Christ and His work. For the children of God, along with the earth that groans under sin's weight, the hope we hold draws closer to fulfillment each day. Until that great day when the earth is filled with the knowledge of God, as promised in Isaiah 11:9, we must remain mindful of our need for Him and the abiding hope He provides through the good works of Jesus Christ, by whose grace we are justified to become heirs according to the hope of eternal life, as stated in Titus 3:7.