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          The ancient road from Jerusalem to Jericho is a narrow,treacherous path along a deep gorge in the judean wilderness. It's name is Wadi Kelt, but it's known as the valley of the shadow, for this is the location that inspired David's 23rd Psalm. The place itself offers little reason to compose such a hopeful poem.

           When David wrote  "Yea though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I fear no evil" (v4).. he was in a place where evil was an ever present reality. Yet he refused to give in to fear. He wasn't expressing hope that God would abolish evil so that he could pass through safely ; he was saying that the presence of God gave him the confidence to pass through difficult places without fear of being deserted by Him. In another Psalm, David said that the Lord was his hope (71:5).

           Many claim to have hope, but only those who hope Christ can claim it with certainty.Hope comes not from strength, intelligence, or favorable circumstances, but from the Lord. As Maker of heaven and earth. He alone has the right to promise hope and the power to keep the promise.

               

         Hope for the Christian is a certainty- because its basis is CHRIST..