Hope on the rocks or hope on the Rock?

Everybody has problems in their life but it is how we deal with them that determines who we are. Sadly, so many try to deal with their problems in the wrong way, especially by trying to drink their pain away. They think that if they drink and forget about their problems, everything will be fine.

There are scriptures that speak of the dangers of alcohol. Proverbs 23:31-32 says, “Look not upon the wine when it is red, when it sparkles in the cup, when it goes down smoothly: at the last it bites like a serpent, and stings like an adder.” Actually, by putting their hope “on the rocks” they make the situation that they are in worse and create more problems for themselves. Health problems, car accidents, broken homes/relationships, and crime can all be traced back to alcohol. Many are drawn in by what alcohol appears it can give them and then they ignore the consequences.

In reality, alcohol can never help us with our problems, but there is One who can! God is our rock and our shelter in the time of storm, as the song goes (2 Samuel 22:3; Psalm 31:3; 71:3). In your storms of life, go to God and He will help you face your problems and deal with them instead of trying to hide from them. So where will you anchor your ship in the storm: on the rocks or on the Rock?

Jonathan Glaesemann