Is There Any Hope?

    Is there any hope?  Life at times seems to be an endless chain of recurring crises one right after another, and just when we feel we have gotten things under control, we find ourselves facing yet another overwhelming challenge.  Amid the disappointments and discouragements that such circumstances bring, we find ourselves often asking the question, “Is there any hope?  Is there any hope that we will ever overcome?  The good news is, yes, there is hope because there is a God.  The Bible says that “God is a God of hope who will fill you with all joy and peace…. that you may abound in hope through the power of the Holy Spirit.” (Rom. 15:13)  When life seems hard and you don’t know how you’re going to make it, be like David who said, “I hope in your Word o’ God” and “In your Word do I have my hope”(Ps. 119:81, 130:5)

    I praise God that amid the storms of life God has given us a hope that is “as an anchor for our soul, both sure and steadfast…” (He. 6:19a)  The hope that we have is not a mere wishful thinking kind of hope, but rather an unwavering steadfast hope that will never fail us.  This hope that we have is not in man but in God, for the Bible says, “The Lord alone shall be the hope of His people” (Joel 3:16)  Perhaps the hymn writer said it best when he penned these well known words, 

“My hope is built on nothing less than Jesus’ blood and righteousness 

I dare not trust the sweetest frame but will wholly lean on Jesus’ name 

On Christ the solid Rock I stand, all other ground is sinking sand.”