What are you hoping for?

Wayne Alcorn spoke at Riverview yesterday for 'Big Weekend' about faith and hope and it absolutely blew me away. Here I'll attempt to retell parts of his message.

Hebrews 11:1 says this: "now faith is being sure of what we hope for and certain of what we do not see." Since faith is being sure of what we hope for, the natural question to ask would be, what are we hoping for?

What are you hoping for today?

Are you hoping for your financial situation to improve?
Make it more specific! Do you need to pay off a house? Do you need $2000 for a mission trip? (hehehe. you know who you are)
Are you hoping for better relationships?
Commit each relationship specifically to God!
He wants to know every detail.

It's similar to having a vision and mission. We need to know exactly what we want to see achieved before we can plan how to achieve them. Put into context, we need to know exactly what we're hoping for in order to have faith for those things.

In the Bible, we often see people with needs crying out to Jesus with specific requests. A blind man would ask to see, a deaf man to hear, a mute man to speak. When Jesus asked them what they wanted Him to do for them, they didn't say 'let Your will be done'. No! They told Jesus exactly what they needed. So it should be with us in this day and age. General prayers can sound very good, but really we need to say it as it is.

Last night I listed down everything that I was hoping to see in my life and committed them to Daddy. I think it's beautiful how He often speaks of things that aren't as if they were. That's what I'll do with my list. See with eyes of faith, not doubt. Speak them out and see them come to pass!