I do not cease to give thanks for you, remembering you in my prayers, that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, may give you a spirit of wisdom and of revelation in the knowledge of him… (Ephesians 1:16, 17) It’s an unbelievable thing to have, that thing we call “hope.” But most people don’t have it and very few people even bother looking for it. Even Christians who have “hope” in Jesus Christ’s life, death and resurrection, don’t really understand nor realize a lack of hope in their lives. Here’s what I mean by that, a lot of us are too busy complaining about what we don’t have, that we don’t realize what we do have. It’s like when a rich person living in a mansion gets on TV and complains about how sad they are. Yeah, that’s reality TV and it reflects our lives. The title of today’s quiet time is “Wisdom Equals Hope” and that’s because having “hope” in life is a matter of simple formula we need to remember in life. That formula is more of a mindset than it is a tangible product that can be manipulated by our hands; and therefore it is available to all of us who seek to have an unfailing hope through a “spirit of wisdom.” I may have gotten a little ethereal with my last statement but let’s look at this passage from Ephesians 1 again. The Apostle Paul writes that he prays for the people of Ephesus so that they can receive a “spirit of wisdom and revelation.” This passage concludes with him saying that the reason he is praying the church receives a “spirit of wisdom and revelation” is because it points to understanding why God loves us to the extent of sacrificing His one and only begotten Son for our sins and our failures, and our shortcomings. By the Apostle Paul’s understanding of having a “spirit of wisdom and of revelation,” it is clear that we need that same spirit if we are to have any true and lasting hope in our lives. The mindset is having a spirit of wisdom and revelation, that is the ability and willingness to be open to new things and hidden things of God, that He is unfolding in our lives. We need to want to break out of the patterns we are living in and be moved to open ourselves into living into the pattern of receiving God as He moves our lives. When we are able to do that, then and only then do we have true hope dwelling within us like God created for us to have. We have to pray and ask God for a spirit of wisdom and of revelation in our own lives. Hope is waiting for you, inherit that spirit of wisdom and revelation that only God, our Heavenly Father can give and gives to us uniquely.