A false hope

"The Lord looks down from heaven;
he sees all the children of man;
from where he sits enthroned he looks out
on all the inhabitants of the earth,
he who fashions the hearts of them all
and observes all their deeds.
The king is not saved by his great army;
a warrior is not delivered by his great strength.
The war horse is a false hope for salvation,
and by it's great might it cannot rescue." - Psalm 33:13-17

From where does your hope for salvation come from?

From something of the world? From your religious fervour, your frequent church attendance or your high moral standards? Just like the king in this psalm, we far too often place our hope in our own strength or deeds from salvation.

The ONLY hope that we have for salvation is the atoning death of Jesus Christ on the cross.

"But he was wounded for our transgressions:
he was crushed for our iniquities;
upon his was the chastisement that brought us peace,
and with his stripes we are healed" - Isaiah 53:5

Give up on your own attempts to save yourself, and just rest at the foot of the cross.