You'll Never Walk Alone

When you walk through a storm
Hold your head up high
And don't be afraid of the dark.
At the end of the storm
Is a golden sky
And the sweet silver song of a lark.

Walk on through the wind,
Walk on through the rain,
Tho' your dreams be tossed and blown.

Walk on, walk on
With hope in your heart
And you'll never walk alone,
You'll never walk alone.

This song by Rodgers and Hammerstein, made me stop and think.  I had the television on in the background while getting some things done, when a commercial played this familiar tune.

I did a little research and found it has been recorded no less than 80 times by various groups, including Elvis Presley and the Mormon Tabernacle Choir. It was sung at the culmination of every Muscular Dystrophy Association Telethon from 1964 to 2010.

What is our fascination with this tune? And, is it true? “Walk on, walk on with HOPE in your heart, and you’ll never walk alone.”  Really, all we need is hope?  

Let’s assume for a moment the statement is correct. If you have hope, you’ll never walk alone. Where does this hope come from?

I believe it comes from belief in the Lord, Jesus Christ and Him alone. If your hope lies in Jesus Christ, then in fact, you have His hope in your heart, and indeed you will never walk alone.

But, if you have not the Lord Jesus in your heart, then where lies your hope?  Are you your hope?  Does it lie in your own ability? Or is it in some nebulous, feel good desire?  If hope is not based on something beyond yourself, then it is only a wish. If it is rooted in something greater, then it becomes realistic expectation.

Trust and faith in the Lord God Almighty means I have the hopeful expectation of victory through the power that breathed the stars in their place. Is there anyone more qualified to hold your hope? Is there any other hope upon which you can rely that will never disappoint?

Lord Jesus, Thank You that we can know we will never walk alone. Thank you for your hope that fills our hearts and walks with us, nay carries us, through any storm.  We love You Lord God, our only hope and we praise Your holy Name!