We are encouraged to change our understanding of hope as a wish or a “Dear Lord, please” that is born out of despair, to a joy filled expectation that operates within our circumstances. This joyful anticipation of what Yahweh will do is a response which will free us so that we are full of true hope when we rise in the morning and when lie down at night. “We have this certain hope like a strong, unbreakable anchor holding our souls to God Himself....”