We do not have to strive for righteousness all we have to do is simply await the hope of righteousness. Hope in the Bible is not like when we use it when we “hope the weather is nice tomorrow”. That hope is a maybe, but we can have no real confidence in it. A biblical hope is one that brings a powerful assurance and certainty of something just like Hebrews 11:1 tells us. We can eagerly await our righteousness because we have that kind of hope. We don’t wait filled with anxiety, but we wait in freedom of the assurance that it will happen due to faith. So what is this righteousness we eagerly await? It is not just goodness, but it is a completely right record and a right relationship with God. We can live our lives today in a certain light because we know that one day we will be welcomed into the arms of God and our glorification will be completed. Anyone without faith in Jesus cannot live in that manner. Their lives are and should be filled with the fear of what is to come next. The gospel gives us the certainty of our future. Paul speaks of this hope coming through the Spirit by faith. It is not just something that finds its landing spot in our minds intellectually. Paul’s language is too vivid to leave it there. The truth of our lives is that it is difficult to live with that kind of hope. It is easy to be swayed by all that goes on and for fear and anxiety to cloud the future for us. Paul wants us to think about the hope we have like a spiritual discipline. He wants us to develop an attitude of our hearts that brings delight in all that Christ has done and given us as his children. That means we as Christians need to train ourselves to meditate on our justification, adoption, and our future glory so that our lives not just our theology are shaped by these truths. As we continue to do that the mystery of the Spirit’s work in our lives will allow our hearts and our lives to match these unseen realities that await us in the future. We can live this life confidently in the hope we have.