Our Foundation Of Faith!
"Why are you cast down, O my soul?
And why are you disquieted within me?
Hope in God, for I shall yet praise Him
for the help of His
countenance."
Psalm 42: 5
Today, most people don’t find themselves besieged
by
“an ungodly nation” (Psalm 43:1) or an actual “enemy”
(Psalm 42:9). That happened in the Old Testament era
and was the occasion for
writing of Psalms 42 and 43.
Such attacks from one’s enemies led to the author
admonishing himself to “hope in God,” instead of
being downcast and disquieted over his situation.
We may
not face attacks from actual enemies, but we
find ourselves downcast and disquieted at times. The
danger is that such emotions can move us from a
foundation of faith to a feeling of fear.
What we need in such moments is what the author of
Hebrews called an “anchor of the soul” that keeps us
moored in place. And what is that anchor? Hope: “This
hope we have as an anchor of the soul, both sure
and
steadfast” (Hebrews 6:19).
When you feel God has forgotten you, put your
“hope in God.” Let hope keep you anchored in
Him by faith.
"Hope is the foundation of patience."
John Calvin
