Hope Is An Empty Tomb

Hope Is An Empty Tomb

Hope isn’t a wish.

It isn’t a goal to work towards 

or reward when I get there.

It’s more than a belief 

or philosophy of life. 

Hope is an empty tomb 

and it is the foundation 

of my relationship with Christ—

that His death and resurrection 

redeemed and renewed 

every one of us 

forever, you and me, 

those before and 

those who follow. 

Hope is the ground beneath my feet 

when the floor gives way. 

It’s the air I breathe 

when caught in the vacuum 

of human inability 

and indifference.

This kind of hope is 

being absolutely sure of 

what I cannot know or prove. 

My hope rest in the One 

who redeems me, 

who started the good work 

of grace within me and 

who will finish the job. 

My hope is in the One 

who rose from the dead, 

who brings me out of the grave of 

my spirit-dead living 

into a fresh Spirit-filled life. 

This hope comes from knowing 

the One who created me, 

who died for my sins, 

and rose from the dead to 

live and reign forever. 

As long as Christ lives, 

so does the hope which 

lives within me.