Thursday, 3rd April 2025

"Hope in God"

Read Psalm 43

Why are you cast down, O my soul,

and why are you disquieted within me?

Hope in God; for I shall again praise him,

my help and my God

                                                                             Psalm 43.5

Much in the world conspires to induce a kind of anemia in the person of faith. Discouraged and anxious spirits are given this prescription: "Hope in God". Hope fortifies faith to healthy praise.

PRAYER:

"Hope of the world, thou Christ of great compassion, speak to our fearful heard by conflict rent. Save us, Thy people, from consuming passion, who by our own false hopes and aims are spent" (Georgia Harkness, "Hope of the World"). Amen.

Source: Praying with the Psalms Eugene H. Peterson