“I would have despaired, unless I had believed that I would see the goodness of the Lord in the land of the living.” (Psalm 27:13)
The Apostle Paul concludes his great love chapter by profiling three eternal values: faith, hope and love. We know that love is an eternal value because God is love. We can also understand why faith is one of the three eternal values because faith brings us to God. But why is hope one of the three great eternal values?
God plants hope, the conviction that something good exists in this world, in the heart of every human being. When you get into the lives of many people and understand their battles and challenges, you cannot help but wonder how they could believe there is something good in this life.
My college dormitory was located at the end of Hope Street adjacent to the Los Angeles Public Library. The same day I learned in a sociology course that more than 25,000 people committed suicide in 1952 because they lost hope, a man committed suicide by jumping from the top of my dormitory.
A newspaper reporter eloquently wrote: “An unidentified man jumped to his death today from a tall building at the end of Hope Street.”
David knew that he would despair if he ever lost the conviction God put in his heart the Bible labels hope. Hope is an eternal value because it is meant to lead us to faith, and faith leads us to God.
Let hope bring you to faith, and faith to God. And, remember that people around you are despairing for the hope that you have.
Dick Woodward, 24 March 2013
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Amen! How timely to read this reminder! God’s truths from His Word never change just because of this fast-paced 20th century lifestyle we live in. How precious are His unchanging promises! And since His Word never fails! And He doesnot change His mind regRding eternal values we can always have HOPE. What a meaningful wY to live -IN the security of hope. Hope is whT is eternal. Past. Present. And Future. Thank you for this great reminder of our HOPE in the Person Of Jesus!