Helpful Hope
” Why are you cast down, O my soul? And why are you disquieted within me? Hope in God; For I shall yet praise Him, The help of my countenance and my God .“ Psalms 43:5 NKJV Reflecting on a recent movie ‘Waiting Wars ’ by Gloria Bamiloye, the twist in hope by Bidemi was stunning. Rising from a state of struggling on her hope in the fruit of the womb to hope in God, she suddenly became elated with ever-increasing joy and passion for the service of the Lord. Obviously, the psalmist finally knew the answer to our real life experiences “ Why are you cast down, O my soul? And why are you disquieted within me?” When believers’ hope is centred on the change in their unpleasant situations and circumstances, they are most likely going to fall into the victim ring of the Devil. Unfortunately, the Devil has a myriad of helpless hopes and alternative to the divine counsels for those who are fainting in their hope in God. Without the grace of God, no one is able to escape this victim ...