![]() So is the remedy, as the psalmist concludes: “Put your hope in God, for I will yet praise him, my Savior and my God.” (Psalm 42:5, NIV) Yet means it’s never too late to praise Him. Those who’ve experienced that level of emotional and spiritual pain know how the body often suffers too. We moan inwardly or cry outwardly as the psalmist did: “Why, my soul, are you downcast? Why so disturbed within me?” (Psalm 42:5, NIV) Disappointment “grieves the heart” (VOICE) and “tormenteth the soul” (WYC). “When hope is crushed, the heart is crushed” (GNT), so much so it not only “makes you sad” (ERV), but it can also “make you feel sick” (CEV). This proverb in particular sustained her during the shadowy days and strengthened her when nothing seemed certain.Įven with God beside us, waiting can still be hard. God was with her, and His Word was with her. We can put our hope in God’s Son, His living Word.Ī friend clung to this verse from Proverbs while waiting for an adoption to be finalized, a process that took four long years. We can put our hope in God’s character and the ways He reveals it through what He has already said and what He has already done. ![]() We can put our hope in God’s spoken, written, printed Word and all the wisdom, promises, and truth it contains. “I wait for the Lord, my whole being waits, and in his word I put my hope.” (Psalm 130:5, NIV) Yes. He’s waiting for the moment we come to the end of ourselves, our plans, our dreams and at last begin to realize that our hope is found only in Him. That’s why the Lord wants us to hang on to Him. He realizes that when hope is “postponed” (VOICE), “prolonged” (YLT), or “put off” (NIRV), we need something to hang on to. He knows that “not getting what you want” (CEV) is frustrating and discouraging. Our Lord Jesus understands what “unrelenting disappointment” (MSG) feels like. Hope is in short supply when job hunts lead nowhere and health challenges aren’t improving and family issues won’t go away. It’s been a difficult season for many people you and I know. In this proverb the hard truth comes first. You could also make a solid case for starting with the good news so you can have a positive mind-set for whatever follows. When someone says, “I have good news and bad news,” which one do you want to hear first? I usually vote for the bad news, thinking it’s better to get it over with and end on a happier note. But a longing fulfilled is a tree of life.
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