Jesus Turns My ‘Hopeless End’ Into ‘Endless Hope’

In 2 Corinthians 1:9-10 I read, “This happened that we might not rely on ourselves but on God, who raises the dead. He has delivered us . . . and he will deliver us again. On him we have set our hope that he will continue to deliver us.” (NIV)

God works in life according to our expectations. The apostle Paul knew this. He said in 2 Corinthians 1:9-10, “This happened that we might not rely on ourselves but on God, who raises the dead. He has delivered us . . . and he will deliver us again. On him we have set our hope that he will continue to deliver us” (NIV).

At some point in life, I’ll reach what appears to be a dead end—one where I see no hope from a human perspective. But this dead end has a purpose: to teach me to trust in God. Sometimes life seems so bad and out of control. Why does God let that happen? So that I can learn to trust in him instead of trusting in my own ingenuity and cleverness. 

Here’s what’s true: God has delivered me in the past, he’s likely delivering me from circumstances now, and he will deliver me in the future. God uses three different kinds of deliverance:

1. God uses circumstantial deliverance. Sometimes God miraculously alters the circumstance, and the Red Sea splits. That will happen many times, but it’s not going to happen all the time.

2. God uses personal deliverance. Instead of changing the circumstance, God changes me from the inside. I get a new dream, a new vision, a new attitude, and a new perspective. 

3. God’s ultimate deliverance is heaven. God has not promised to remove all my pain in this world or solve every one of my problems. On Earth, there is pain, sorrow, and suffering. The ultimate deliverance will be one day in heaven, where there will be no pain, no sorrow, no suffering, and no heartache. 

There is only one way to get to Heaven. Jesus said, “I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me” (John 14:6 NIV). When I’m at a dead end, Jesus can take that hopeless end and turn it into an endless hope. 

When I experience what looks like a dead end, I can take that dead-end situation and my own life and give them to Jesus Christ. Jesus always looks out for my best interests.