Paul Tripp continues his exposition of Psalm 27 dealing with hope and the believer’s confidence in the Sovereign Savior. The whole post is worth reading but here are some highlights.
“I am still confident of this: I will see the goodness of the Lord in the Land of the living.” (v.13)
“Someday, maybe, someday.” We’ve all said it, but it’s not really a statement of hope. It’s more often a fatalistic resignation to the death of some kind of dream. “Someday I’ll get a decent job.” “Someday we’ll be able to afford the kind of house our family really needs.” “Someday I’ll get myself in shape.”… “Someday,” is a way of communicating what we wish would happen, but deep down inside don’t really think will…
…our “somedays” are more medicinal and therapeutic than hopeful predictions of what surely will come. They are mental pills to get dissatisfied hearts through disappointing days.
The “someday” of Psalm 27 is very different. It is a statement of confidence that’s both deeply encouraging and powerfully motivating…It’s not really a hope for some future outcome. No, what David makes here is a statement of IDENTITY. David is remembering who he is and in remembering who he is, he’s remembering what he has now and in the future.
Who holds your “someday?” Are you still attempting to change things that are beyond your power and out of your control? Have you simply given up; and in your disappointment resigned to play mental dream games to keep yourself going? Look up! Your Father controls it all and he looks on you with grace and favor. It’s never ever risky to place your past, present, and future in his hands. His “someday” isn’t a “someday” at all, no, it’s a “will be.”