Against All Hope

Psalm 42:5

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.

Psalm 62:5

Find rest, O my soul, in God alone;

my hope comes from him.

Romans 4:18-25

Against all hope, Abraham in hope believed and so became the father of many nations, just as it had been said to him, “So shall your offspring be.”

 HOPE: the feeling that what is wanted can be had or that events will turn out for the best

 You see faith is when you are sure. It’s 100 percent belief… no doubt, no fear! Hope may be 75%, 50%, or even 2% belief. It may be mixed with doubt, fear, dread, or weariness. Hope is the substance used to construct viable faith. Faith is hope that has been purged of all conflict. But please understand that Jesus honors hope as well as faith. The prophet said in Isaiah 42:3 that the messiah would not snuff out a smoldering wick or break a bruised reed. Meaning Christ sees and honors the smallest percent of belief.

Here is what Matthew Henry says...

 "When the prayer made in faith is not answered, and the healing for which many have sought does not come, we are not to look for someone to accuse of failure in faith.

Rather we are to remember that besides faith there is hope.

Hope has to do with God's promises that are still future and hidden, just as faith has to do with God's promises that are here and now.

To the person who has believed for today but has not seen the answer come today, there comes the call to hope.

Hope says, 'Tomorrow also is God's. Enough has happened already to assure you that the rest is on the way.'"

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