For whatsoever things were written aforetime were written for our learning, that we through patience and comfort of the scriptures might have hope. Rom 15:4

When you get knocked down, get back up. When you get knocked out, wake up to fight again. Where does this type of tenacity come from? We all are not geared this way. For some, there comes a time to just walk away. For others, they stay in the fight. Do you know any Christians like that? Their life is filled with adversity, troubles, trials, and sufferings. Yet, they seem to be driven and sustained with hope, to continue the good fight of faith. The scripture passage instructs us that the word of God is “written for our learning, that we…might have hope.” Christian hope is sustained by the “patience and comfort of the Scriptures.” The strength and endurance that enables the child of God to preserve through trials, press on through troubles, overcome adversity, comes from meditating on the word of God. As we spend time in God’s word, we can learn about God’s faithfulness to His promises, and of God’s faithfulness to His people “to help in time of need” (Heb 4:16). Throughout the pages of the scriptures God unfolds His plan of Salvation to redeem man from sin (Lk 1:68). God’s unfailing goodness, His loving kindness, His mercy, and His grace are fully displayed and “continue as they were from the beginning of creation” (2 Pet 3:4). It is the word of God that helps us stand firm against false teaching and deception, and to “hope in the Lord” (Ps 31:24). Jesus compared faith in the word of God to a wise man who built his house on a rock and his house withstood the rain, floods, and winds. My friend, build you life on the word of God, read, it, study it, and hide it in your heart (Ps 119:11) that you may endure life’s troubles, trials, and temptations with the “hope of salvation…through our Lord Jesus Christ” (1 Thes 5:8). Dear friend, feed your hope with the Word of God that is “the hope which is laid for you in heaven” (Col 1:5). The word of God is the rock to build your life and the anchor for troubled seas that you may know “the peace of God, which passeth all understanding, shall keep your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus” (Phil 4:7). Father thank You for Your love and the hope that we have through the “patience and comfort of scriptures.” Fill me with the desires of Your love as I delight in Your word. In the blessed Name of Jesus. Amen.