Corrie Ten Boom was part of a large family and network of believers who sheltered Jewish refugees during the Holocaust. Eventually she and her sister were placed in a concentration camp which only she survived. Her story makes her words of hope all the more meaningful. In her autobiography The Hiding Place, she wrote, “Never be afraid to trust an unknown future to a known God.”

Hope is one of the most powerful spiritual blessings that God provides. Paul encouraged the church in Rome by saying, “May the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing.” Paul wrote his important letter of theology to the Christian church in Rome, closing his letter with those words of hope.

Paul and Corrie Ten Boom express a similar message. Our hope as Christians is found in God. Our heavenly Father is the source of all spiritual blessings. For those who know God and believe his word, the blessing of hope produces fruit in our lives as joy and peace.

It’s one thing to hope for the impossible or improbable. It’s another thing altogether when we place our hope in the promises of God. Christian hope is placed in the perfection of God. We have his word and thousands of years that stand as historical proof that God is true to his word. 

We also have within us the voice and power of God. The Holy Spirit is the person and power of Jesus Christ given to every Christian. Paul writes that when we believe, we have “the power of the Holy Spirit” and we are able to “abound in hope.”

The apostle Paul and Corrie Ten Boom would be the first to admit that our hope in God doesn’t mean we will never have troubles, fears, and anxieties. Instead, they would encourage us to know that our God-given and God-promised hope has the power to carry us through the difficult times of life with the promise that every Christian life leads to a joyous, happy ending.

Living with wisdom is a path to God’s blessings. Placing our hope in the God we know is wise. Our faith in God gives us the power to believe and fills us with abounding joy, peace, and hope. Wisdom is knowing God and knowing that he is our hope.