“But I have trusted in your steadfast love; my heart shall rejoice in your salvation. “
Psalms 13:1
How long, O LORD? Will you forget me forever? How long will you hide your face from me? How long must I take counsel in my soul and have sorrow in my heart all the day? How long shall my enemy be exalted over me? Consider and answer me, O LORD my God; light up my eyes, lest I sleep the sleep of death, lest my enemy say, “I have prevailed over him,” lest my foes rejoice because I am shaken. But I have trusted in your steadfast love; my heart shall rejoice in your salvation. I will sing to the LORD, because he has dealt bountifully with me.
Jude 1:21
Keep yourselves in the love of God, waiting for the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ that leads to eternal life.
Isaiah 12:2
“Behold, God is my salvation; I will trust, and will not be afraid; for the LORD GOD is my strength and my song, and he has become my salvation.”
Psalms 147:11
but the LORD takes pleasure in those who fear him, in those who hope in his steadfast love.
Habakkuk 3:18
yet I will rejoice in the LORD; I will take joy in the God of my salvation.
Psalms 119:81
My soul longs for your salvation; I hope in your word.
Psalms 36:7
How precious is your steadfast love, O God! The children of mankind take refuge in the shadow of your wings.
“I hope in your word”. What have you read in God’s word lately that gives you hope, a place of joy, a refuge, trust, and a reason to rejoice? God’s word says He gives “perfect peace to those whose mind is stayed on Him”. His word is a place we can run to in times of trouble and find peace, hope, joy, strength, mercy, grace, and love. Yet, would’t it be better to have these words in our heart and mind already? Wouldn’t it be better for us to be clutching these promises while in the beginning of our trial rather than searching for something to hang on to? Wouldn’t it be better to have these anchored so that when we encounter someone hurting we can be used by God to encourage them? Purpose to keep His word alive in your heart and mind each day. Always be ready to give account for the faith and hope you have be given in His word.