Quinett writes: "Fishing is hope experienced. To be optimistic in a slow bite is to thrive on hope alone. When asked, 'How can you fish all day without a hit?' the true fisherman replies, 'Hold it! I think I felt something.' If the line goes slack, he says, 'He'll be back tomorrow'."
"When it comes to the human spirit, hope is everything. Without hope there is no yearning, no desire for a better tomorrow, and no belief that the next cast will bring the big strike."
Quinett is right, of course. It is impossible to live without hope. The apostle Paul points to Abraham as a man who exhibits hope. Romans 4:3 - Abraham believed God, and it was credited to him as righteousness.
Abraham was a man who had every reason to give up. He had been promised by God that his wife, Sarah, would bear him a child. Years and years Abraham waited but that happy day never arrived. Still, Abraham's faith did not waver. "Against all hope," he trusted God's Word. The more impossible his situation seemed, the more Abraham believed the Word of promise.
Our hope for daily living, our hope for eternity is rooted in God's precious Word. On this first Monday of the new year, and every day thereafter, let's faithfully take God at His Word!
