True hope is supposed to guard our hearts in times of hardship. How can our hearts stay pure and wait for deliverance when life does not give us reasons? Psalms 119:81 encourages us to find lasting hope in God’s eternal word. When we build our Confidence in God’s word, we have remedies for all life’s troubles. When we gain hope through God’s word, we discover hope in the total sense. The heart knows hope when it sees it. Nothing in the whole universe can satisfy a fainted heart, though there are things that can inspire a short-lived hope in this world, but when the heart reaches what it hoped for in this world, it realizes it needs more than that and sets to search for the next thing. It never gets the satisfaction. The word of God, however, gives our hearts eternal hope. The psalmist cries, “My soul faints with longing for your salvation, but I have put my hope in your word.” Only God can make whole the fainted heart. When that happens, the soul is delighted in knowing God, even in troubled times. When has your soul been delighted? Through God’s word, we find courage. Through it, we find peace. We cannot live a hopeful life without reading and depending on God’s word. I want to encourage you to make God’s word your daily reading, and I promise you will never lose sight of hope. The psalmist’s heart is in grief and pain. He is in deep lament, but his hope remains firm because he trusts in the comfort of God’s word. He patiently waited.
Those who waited on the Lord will always triumph. In suffering, the heart of the righteous longs for God’s promises. His cry is not “Lord, I am dying or Oh my God. It’s over for me,” instead “My soul faints and longs for your salvation.” He is longing and waiting for God to act. He trusted in God’s word. If we can make God’s promises our greatest desire, it will undoubtedly keep us standing above our suffering. We will gain the strength to wait on God to resolve our difficulties. God’s word is his guiding factor. Even though the enemy has the upper hand, the psalmist trusts God because he knows that God reigns.
Vrè espwa sipoze pwoteje kè nou nan moman difikilte. Ki jan kè nou ka rete pi e tann delivrans lè lavi pa ban nou rezon? Sòm 119:81 ankouraje nou chéche espwa nan pawòl etènèl Bondye a. Lè nou bati Konfyans nou nan pawòl Bondye a, nou gen remèd pou tout pwoblèm lavi a. Lè nou jwenn espwa atravè pawòl Bondye a, se ke nou fèl konfyans nan tout bagay. Pa gen anyen nan tout linivè a ki ka satisfè yon kè ki brize, menmsi gen bagay ki ka enspire yon espwa ki dire kout nan monn sa a, men lè kè a rive nan sa li te espere nan monn sa a, li reyalize li bezwen plis pase sa epi li fikse pou chèche pwochen bagay la. Li pa janm jwenn satisfaksyon an. Pawòl Bondye a, sepandan, bay kè nou espwa etènèl. Psalmis la kriye, “Senyè, kè m fè m mal tèlman m’ap tann ou vin delivre mwen. Mwen mete tout espwa mwen nan pawòl ou.” Se sèl Bondye ki ka repare yon kè ki brize. Lè sa rive, nanm nan pran plezi nan konnen Bondye, menm nan tan boulvès yo. Depi Ki lè nanm ou te kontan? Atravè pawòl Bondye a, nou jwenn kouraj. Atravè li, nou jwenn lapè. Nou pa ka viv yon lavi ki gen espwa san nou pa li ak depann sou pawòl Bondye a. Mwen vle ankouraje w pou w li Pawòl Bondye a chak jou, e mwen pwomèt ou p ap janm pèdi espwa. Kè salmis la nan lapenn ak doulè. Li nan gwo lapenn, men lespwa li rete fèm paske li mete konfyans nan rekonfò pawòl Bondye a. Li tann avèk pasyans.
Moun ki tann Senyè a ap toujou triyonfe. Nan soufrans, kè moun ki jis yo anvi jwenn pwomès Bondye yo. Rèl li se pa “Seyè, m ap mouri oswa O Bondye mwen! Lavi fini pou mwen! ,” olye de sa li di “Senyè, kè m fè m mal tèlman m’ap tann ou vin delivre mwen.” Li anvi tann Bondye aji. Li mete konfyans nan pawòl Bondye a. Si nou kapab fè pwomès Bondye yo pi gwo dezi nou, san dout sa ap ba nou fòs ak kouraj nan soufrans nou yo. N ap jwenn fòs pou n tann Bondye rezoud pwoblèm nou yo. Pawòl Bondye a se faktè gid li. Menmsi ènmi an gen pouvwa, salmis la fè Bondye konfyans paske li konnen Bondye ap dirije.