The Clause of Nuclear Hopelessness

“Now the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, that ye may abound in hope through the power of the Holy Ghost.” Romans 15:13.

I have seen many faces, all of which come in many colors, shapes, and sizes, with different features than the last. This exemplifies God’s perfection in His masterwork, the individual, the art piece of the Lord we call people. Despite their differences, I have taken note of a commonality that becomes more present as the days go by. This is no surprise given the days we’re living in, but even still, its growth is rapid, alarming, saddening, and consistent. 

This commonality is called hopelessness, and anybody who has walked this earth past the age of awareness knows the feeling. Even the predestined have felt hopelessness or may feel it one day. I know this because of the certainty in the implication made by God’s word, previously read. But not placing the cart before the horse, we examine the clause of nuclear hopelessness, which is phrased this way to bring attention to the contract that we signed before the foundation of the world, for we know that we, whom God chooses, selected this time to be alive, regardless of the suffering we would incur and have incurred, for the sake of our Lord Jesus Christ. However, the term ‘nuclear hopelessness' should be explored in the clause, for it is both a pun and a promise given our living times. Nuclear warheads wait in the waters to wipe out all of humanity in less than an hour. In most conversations, nuclear verbiage is commonplace and on the tip of our tongues, like the big red buttons are at the tips of our world leaders’ fingers. This is only one of many contributors to the hopelessness of our time, for what hope have we in the mutual assured destruction? 

Anxiously, the worries don’t end there.

The economy is crashing, the food is poisoning, the governments are toppling, the people are wailing, more are gnashing, wars are devastating, and the believers are scrapping. 

Even I have fought hopelessness this year. Left and right, I hear the talks of the return of Christ, which is, on one hand, great and, on the other hand, terrible, depending on your revelation. Don’t misunderstand me, my brothers and sisters, for as much as any of you, I rejoice at the mention of our Lord’s return in the spirit yet find myself mourning in the flesh. The thought of being taken tomorrow takes me to the visions of what will never be—what is no more, hurdling me existentially and inevitably by the passing thought that asks whether or not any of this has worth. If I am to leave this Earth, then to what point is it to pen this prose? If there will be no tomorrow, what value have we for today? I often imagine the invisible audience of futurity being who I write to, providing purpose for my penning that occasionally seems pointless.

Now, enter the God of hope. 

We are not only fleshy creatures alone but spiritual ones, making us supernatural given we are born again in the spirit of God, making Him our Father and us His sons and daughters. With this, we understand that we have passed—we die daily, for we have died and continue to die to the flesh. To this end, I ask, “What have we to mourn? We are already dead.”

Oh, believers! What we do through Christ is not worthless; our entire worth is found in him! Look to the cross; it points to the purpose, the life, and the worship, all done in spirit and truth by the true worshipper. And of tomorrow? We were never promised it; we have this very moment right now. God has given us this: decreasing tomorrow's value to increase today's purchasing power! If He is to come tomorrow, it is no different than if you were to die today, for both instances are in God’s hands, knowing the time for both occasions.

And of the invisible audience? In the kingdom of heaven, a portion of the assembly is always invisible. We do not see them; we lack omniscience and omnipresence, which are God’s. We could not possibly fathom the lives God can touch through ours, but they are lives nonetheless. Even in our physical death, the testimony of Jesus Christ can reach millions, for though we may fall, fail, or pass, God’s word will never stagger, sink, or perish. 

It is eternal.

We do not have a valueless purpose, but one that is in high demand and restored as long as we give our gifts and lives to God. Though the time is minute, the kingdom is vast, and those who give their lives will produce the seed of their kind in their time, cut short and redeemed.

And more than this, my precious brothers and sisters, remember the God of hope, for He remembers you. He fills you with all joy and peace, believing that we may abound in hope, not alone but in the kingdom, which is found by the Holy Ghost. 

Now, we see that there can not be a God of hope without hopelessness, for what is an attribute of God without the anti-attribute to draw it out? By this revelation, we realize the goodness of the deal and why we signed on the dotted line despite the clause of nuclear hopelessness. There is no sorrow without a plan, weakness without strength, or life without death. And of all these good things mentioned? They are found in Christ Jesus, a haver of many titles and dispensations, which are, in this case, being recognized as the God of hope.

He is here. He is risen. He is alive in you.

Though the world has nuclear weaponry and powers beyond comprehension, we have a power greater than these: the power of the Holy Ghost, which holds all these forces in subjection, the same ones He will loose in His time and by His will, not to the bride's bruising but to the jezebels’ judgment. 

Have hope, my people. Have faith. The kingdom of heaven is at hand, and it is in and around each and everyone who is called according to his purpose.