“You will find a baby lying in a manger, wrapped snugly in strips of cloth!” … They ran to the village … and there was the baby, lying in the manger. (Luke 2:12,16 NLT)

If we believe what we say we believe, then when God says it is so – it is so. Yet we often doubt.

The interaction between the angel and the shepherds in Luke 2 shows a simple, yet significant sequence: The angel says, “You will find a baby lying in a manger,” and when the shepherds got to Bethlehem “there was the baby, lying in a manger.”

God told them what they would find, and they found exactly what God told them they would find.

How would we live differently each day if we followed this sequence: When God says it, we know it is true, and when we follow what we are told, we see that God’s promise was true.

If we could just stop slipping and sliding in our faith, I think we’d be radically different!

Now, before you put on your “believe harder” hat, rest in God’s grace, knowing that he wants you to succeed at hearing what he says and at doing what he wants you to do. So he’s not tapping his foot, ready to reprimand you; rather, he’s walking on the water, encouraging you to step out of the boat!
Another scripture comes to mind, and i hope this msg gives you a better understanding of what Hope is. Thank you. The Scripture is in 1 Peter 1:3-9.