FAITH CAPSULE: Trust and hope is same as boldness and character that will make man up as winning combination.

1 Samuel 17

Trust and hope in the Lord; wait on Him by seeking Him diligently. Jeremiah 17:7 is the testimony not to be short receiving from God. It is recorded, “Blessed is the man who trusts in the Lord, and whose hope is the Lord.”
Claim to have trust and not have hope is not complete to mark man as a winner. Trust and hope is like having boldness and character which is certain to make man a winner in the face of challenges. King David is an example of one with trust and hope which marked him with boldness and character. David’s trust on God was his character which is personalizing God for himself. Some of David’s Psalms revealed him personalizing God in his life. Psalm 3:7, “Arise, O Lord; Save me, O my God! For You have struck all my enemies on the cheekbone…”  Psalm 5:2, Give heed to the voice of my cry, My King and my God, For to You I will pray.” David also demonstrated his hope in God marching with boldness against a versed giant soldier while he was a novice young boy fighter. David’s trust and hope in God demonstrated his boldness and character that made him to stand as a winner for the glory of God.
Do you trust and hope in God in times of challenges? In this wicked world, challenges will come. Acclaimed believer of God must trust and hope as in boldness and character. Victory is certain to answer in time of challenge and to mark one as winner for the glory of God just like King David.
The word of God is written for our learning. To learn in His word is to gain and know understanding to be trusting and hoping in God always. The word of God is true to deliver and preserve according to His word for man that will take to the word of God as His testimony. Among the ways of trusting and hoping on God is keeping His testimonies. Psalm 119:2 stated, “Blessed are those who keep His testimonies, who seek Him with the whole heart!” Keeping the testimonies of God is the keeper of true believer of God in this wicked world. The testimonies of God are the works of God. The works of God are the creation of His word and the word of God is the presence of God Himself. It is important to always reflect it that, “In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.  He was in the beginning with God. All things were made through Him, and without Him nothing was made that was made. In Him was life, and the life was the light of men.” (John 1:1-4) The word of God is God. Trust and hope in God as to bold and character in Him to make you a winner.

Prayer for today: Ask for the grace of God to be living in trust and hope in Him.