Hope for Living
We all need hope. Hope is a necessity for living a fulfilling life. Without hope, we enter a state of hopelessness. Hopelessness leads to being discouraged and depressed, even to suicide. Therefore, we must find the hope that we need to navigate away from those things and to sail through life with the joy and peace of the Lord. Of course, this hope only comes from our relationship with the Lord. David was a believer. He was not perfect, but he was a man of faith in God. After committing adultery and murder, he repented of his sins and was forgiven, but the son who was conceived died. (II Samuel 12:22,23) David shared with his servants the sources of his hope. He told them that he fasted and prayed for the child to be healed, because he knew that the Lord was gracious, and He might heal him. After the child died, he did not fast and pray anymore, because he could not bring him back, but he knew one day he would go to be with him. What a great example of hope for living! We should a...