Finding Optimism

Sometimes I’m a little pessimistic. Yet some people are optimists all the time! Take David for example. Saul’s army was stubbornly chasing David with one goal: removing his head. And David’s own son Absalom was hell-bent on capturing the throne from his father. Challenge after battle, after diversion, David couldn’t let his guard down for a minute! And yet, through all this trauma and subversion, David “rested in the Lord.” He “waited patiently for Him.” 

Kent Kimball

David wrote, “I will not be afraid of ten thousands of people who have set themselves against me.”

​David is my hero. He stood confidently against his enemies in the most dire of conditions. The Lord was his rock, his strength, and his light. He wrote, “Whom then should I fear?” He remained optimistic because he trusted in God.

This is food for thought for all Christians. Whom should we fear? As Paul wrote in Philippians 4:6-7, “Be anxious for nothing; but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known to God. And the peace of God, which passes all understanding, shall keep your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus.”

We should all be optimists. “Rejoice in the Lord always, and again I say rejoice!”

Blessings,
Kent Kimball