Oh, blessed is the soul whose hope has a face looking straight out to that day.

What day is Samuel Rutherford speaking of but the Day, the Last Day when Christ will appear and, as John wrote, we shall be like him for we shall see him as he is. (1 John 3:2) John goes on to say that this is how we should hope in him.

If I may lean on Rutherford for a definition of hope I would say this – hope is a face looking forward to the last day, the day of his coming and the consummation of all glory. For as Paul explains in Colossians 1:27:

To them God chose to make known how great among the Gentiles are the riches of the glory of this mystery, which is Christ in you, the hope of glory.

Turn your eyes upon Jesus this Lord’s Day as we look expectantly and full of hope for the Day of his coming.