In several places, Scripture tells us to hold fast. But we can often miss the wonder of the exhortation because we forget what we are holding on to. We naturally think about the holding and a fair bit about the strain. But we must learn to look away to the One we are clasping, the One who certainly has a better grip on us than we have on Him.

Hebrews 3:6 says we must hold fast to the rejoicing of hope. That is an entirely different thing than saying you need to cheer up. Now, the latter might be true. But you could never cheer up if cheer Himself wasn’t out in front tugging you along. That Happy King, your Savior, is a bubbling, rollicking, champagne stampede. Because of Him, Christendom bounds. It always has. You have been made His house, and His house is a festive place. So when those temptations to gloom, bitterness, anxiety, and worry arise, temptations to those sins fundamentally at odds with the rejoicing of hope, remember your Father doesn’t look at you and say, “Take your bad mood somewhere else until you can learn to be happy.” He does, however, look at you with a twinkle in His eye to say, “Hold on tight.”

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