The Psalms offer
many reasons for long term optimism – optimism for the future, even
if everything around you now seems dark and your fortune looks grim.
God's promises in the Psalms are our reason for long-term optimism.
In the Book of Psalms, David (and many other psalmists) sing praises
to God in spite of their difficulties, because they have reason to
put their faith in Him and they rejoice at his promises to them. The
greatest of God's promises is the guarantee of life after death, an
eternity in heaven with Him. This is a great promise indeed, but it
will only come to pass after our deaths, which must inspire us to
keep our faith and hope in Him until then.
A fantastic example
of the long-term optimist is David, who time and time again came up
against his enemies, both enemies of the flesh and enemies of his own
sin, and time and time again he finished all of these trials with a
song of praise to God, in whom he had put his faith and trust. David
relied upon God to bear him through his hardest times, and God did
not abandon his servant. God never abandons those who put their faith
and hope in Him, and this is why we are to have long-term optimism.
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