More Than Conquerors: 10 Days in Romans 8Sample

Hope in the Waiting

Waiting can be hard. Whether you’re waiting for answers, healing, or relief, it can feel like nothing is changing. Paul says this longing is actually normal for God’s people:

“The whole creation has been groaning as in the pains of childbirth right up to the present time. Not only so, but we ourselves… groan inwardly as we wait eagerly for our adoption to sonship, the redemption of our bodies” (Romans 8:22-23 NIV).

We live in the tension of the “already and the not yet.” We are already saved, but not yet fully restored.

That’s why we hope. Hope is not wishful thinking—it’s confident expectation that God will do what He has promised.

Hope doesn’t make the waiting easy, but it does make it purposeful. Hope anchors us when life feels uncertain.

Hope reminds us that our story isn’t over yet.

Reflection:

• Where do you need to hold onto hope today instead of giving up?

Try This Today:

• Speak Romans 8:25 aloud and ask God to help you wait with patient trust that His promises are sure.