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HOPING IN GOD’S WORD
SATURDAY, MARCH 16
Psalm 119:147-148

Hebrews 6:9-20

 

“Which hope we have
as an anchor of the soul,

both sure and stedfast…”

 

HOPING IN GOD’S WORD
 
Hope in the Scriptures is not the worldly hope where you wish it would become true. The Bible tells us that hope in God will turn to reality. The One who gives the promise and assurance is our sovereign and faithful God. He is an immutable God which means He is unchanging. He knows from before the beginning of this world and even until the end. He has laid out all plans from the start according to His wisdom and will.
 
Hastening the dawn: The psalmist is so familiar with God’s dealing in his life that when adversities come, his hope is in the Lord. When he puts his hope in God’s Word, he knows it will not fail. God’s Word shall surely be established. He hastens the dawning of the morning. The idea is that of looking forward with excitement to a new day. It is said that the darkest part of the night is just before the sun rises and brightens everything. So the psalmist anticipates with eagerness the morning light. He is very sure after the darkest moment of his life comes the light. It will not be dark forever, God has said that in His Word. The psalmist believes it and he is eager to go through the dawn, the gloomiest season, for he is sure, the next phase is the promised illumination of the brightness ordained of God.
 
Hastening the night: Not only is he hastening for the morning, but while it is yet night, he is already anticipating. His excitement does not come only when it is dawn. While going through the most arduous journey during the night, he is already expectant of God’s working. The watches he is referring to are the changing of guards on the city wall to keep them safe, especially during the night. To hasten the watches means to delight, even in the darkness of the night, in the Word of God. The blackness of the night cannot keep him away from meditating on the Word. He continues to desire to understand the Word no matter how dark the night is.
 
Dear reader, have you invested your life well by doing that which is right according to God’s Word? There is a final morning that every believer looks forward to and that is the brightness of the Kingdom of heaven. However, that morning is forever and there is no night there. We shall be under the brightness of our eternal God!
 
THOUGHT: Do I have hope in the promise of God’s Word?

PRAYER: Father, grant me belief in Thy inspired and preserved Word.

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