Putting your hope in God is like walking with God through uncertainties of life
My daughter Bea loves to watch cartoon movies with “and-they-live-happily-ever-after” themes, particularly Cinderella, Snow White and Beauty and the Beast.
She watches these Disney masterpieces with intent each time they are played without getting bored.
Well, I guess that’s human nature–where people are fond of the “and-they-live-happily-ever-after” themes, but sometimes, when a not-so-good-event comes all of a sudden, they get disappointed and begin pointing the blame on people, society or circumstances.
So much for the dream and happily ever after themes, but the big question really is, “Is it possible to still be hopeful even though we are living in a world of uncertainty and imperfection?”
Ever experienced burning the midnight oil for your all-important Finals examination in school, and upon getting the result, you still, fell one-point short of passing it?
How about being promised a good, high-paying job with a security of tenure, only to realize later on, that the company you joined is a bogus?
Or probably, you’re engaged in business, and you were promised a six-figure monthly income, but after investing for quite sometime, nothing came back?
Devastating isn’t it? Painful. Frustrating. Strength-sapping.
We all probably encountered various situations that end up zapping all our hopes inside.
My wife and I, in your five years of marriage had these strength-sapping moments a lot of times.
But I remembered a verse in Psalm 46:5-6, which says,
“5 Why are you downcast, O my soul?
Why so disturbed within me?
Put your hope in God,
for I will yet praise him,
my Savior and 6 my God.”
When frustrations and disappointments are mounting inside of you, I believe the author is simply saying one truth—that nothing in this world, not your career, not your education, not your dreams of success, not even a nice relationship with someone, could ever bring hope and lasting peace in your life. Except God.
Are you close to giving up? Maybe it’s time to reconsider and look inside you, where are you putting your hope into?
Put your hope in God, and you’ll be resting at His loving hands.
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