HOPE

Romans 4:17-18 (KJV)
“17 (As it is written, I have made thee a father of many nations,) before him whom he believed, even God, who quickeneth the dead, and calleth those things which be not as though they were.
18 Who against hope believed in hope, that he might become the father of many nations, according to that which was spoken, So shall thy seed be.”
“For we are saved by hope: but hope that is seen is not hope: for what a man seeth, why doth he yet hope for? But if we hope for that we see not, then do we with patience wait for it” (Romans 8:24-25).
Just because we cannot see it now does not mean it cannot be. If God says we can, we can. Salvation is provided to us by the shed blood of Jesus. We can live holy because He tells us to; we overcome because He says we can. The shed blood of Jesus takes out the “can’t do” and puts the “can do” in.
Abraham was a broken person just as you and I are. He lied, his offspring lied; a behavior caught and active; yet, righteousness became imputed because he believed beyond his brokenness. His belief was active towards what God had said about him. It was not that his faith motivated his hope; his hope motivated his faith, he became active in what he could not see. Others could not see it either, the king called his hand on his lie.
He did not pack his bags and leave the country God called him to; he stayed and worked through it. His failure to perform righteousness did not stop him from pursuing righteousness. Furthermore, when he saw his brokenness break his son in the same behavioral pattern; still yet, he sent his servant to fetch him a bride. He kept moving towards what God said he could be and what He said His offspring could be.
So, against hope we can believe in hope; especially, if God says we can.