Trembling & Hesitant

"The Christian hope is not simply a trembling, hesitant hope that perhaps the promises of God may be true. It is the expectation that they cannot be anything else than true." ~ William Barclay

There is power and glory in the faithfulness of God that at once shames me (as I see my silly sin and craven fears) and lifts me up to boundless, unspeakable joy. Oh, that I would keep His promises always before me - from what countless troubles I could spare myself and how much more boldly I would serve! My desire is to cease with wistful wishing and walk confidently, not in my own merits, but in the One who doesn't change like shifting shadows and whose years will never end!