What is hope? According to Webster’s dictionary hope is defined as: ‘a feeling that what is wanted is likely to happen; desire accompanied by expectation…’ There are many people in this world today that are going through times of hopelessness and allow this to take them into a time of despair. Many have found difficult times, whether it be financially, physically, facing the unknown about certain situations such as employment, sickness and/or impending death of a loved one, etc., and it affects them health wise, mentally, and socially. Not only does it affect them, but it affects the ones around them and the ones they depend on most such as family and close friends.
No one is immune to this. At some point of time everyone is going to be faced with a period of hopelessness. It is up to you to overcome it and I have found that my prayer life increases dramatically when I have times such as these. Most of the time people will find out that when they get down it is a matter of negative thinking. Sir Winston Churchill once said, “The pessimist sees difficulty in every opportunity. The optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty.”
The Holy Bible tells us in Deuteronomy 31:6; 'Be strong and of good courage, do not fear nor be afraid of them; for the Lord your God, He is the One who goes with you. He will not leave you nor forsake you.' This was a time when Moses handed over the leadership of the Israelites to Joshua. He did not want them to lose hope or faith in our God. This still holds true for us today when we put our faith in Jesus Christ and allow Him to lead us through our difficult situations.
