Hopeless?

Talking to a friend recently he told me that his dad had given up hope on life. He's made some bad business decisions, he feels like he has no friends and doesn't believe that his pastor will listen to him. David knew troubles aplenty. He had been a fugitive, murder, warrior and king. Just to name a few. So when he wrote the simple line of poetry it might have seemed like a sissy thing to do. Poetry? Warrior killer David? 

However, look at what he wrote, in Psalm 119:81 My soul faints with longing for your salvation, but I have put my hope in your word.

David wanted to be rescued from his problems. He wanted to disappear, evaporate, hide. Yet his hope was fixed in something unchangeable, the word of God. 

Hope for a Christian is not a nebulous long for a fairytale to come true. Hope for a child of God is a certainty in the unchanging God of the universe. He has left us his word so that we might know his promises. When we discover them we must remember to apply those that apply to us. Not all do. However, there are enough that we can use to calm any fear our heart might feel. The real peace comes in knowing that what God promises, he will fulfill.