Hope is a vital factor and a stepping stone in developing living faith. Hope tells us, our expectations in God are going to somehow work out- possibly. On the contrary, faith knows and believes God is going to keep His word and work things out for us-no doubts! He may not work it out in our timing or in the way we expect; but He will do His part and keep His word. When we begin to hopefully, anticipate God is going to help us, our spiritual enemy Satan, works hard to defeat this hope. As we learn to overcome the enemy’s negative lies and abide in the truth that Christ loves us unconditionally, and will graciously provide and keep His word, our hope will mature into a living faith. True faith must be tested to see if it is authentic – not dependent on what we see or feel in the natural. God always honors living faith, because we are assured and believe His promises are a reality. True faith produces a “rest” for God’s people that cannot be taken away.
“Now faith is the assurance [the confirmation, the title deed] of the things [we] hope for, being the proof of things [we] do not see and conviction of their reality [faith perceiving as real fact what is not revealed to the senses]” (Hebrews 11:1).