Save me, O God, for the waters have come up to my neck. I sink in the miry depths, where there is no foothold. I have come into the deep waters; the floods engulf me. I am worn out calling for help; my throat is parched. My eyes fail, looking for my God. Those who hate me without reason outnumber the hairs of my head; many are my enemies without cause, those who seek to destroy me. I am forced to restore what I did not steal. You, God, know my folly; my guilt is not hidden from you.

I will praise God’s name in song and glorify him with thanksgiving. This will please the Lord more than an ox, more than a bull with its horns and hooves. The poor will see and be glad— you who seek God, may your hearts live! The Lord hears the needy and does not despise his captive people. Let heaven and earth praise him, the seas and all that move in them, for God will save Zion and rebuild the cities of Judah. Then people will settle there and possess it; the children of his servants will inherit it, and those who love his name will dwell there. (Psalm 69:1–5, 30–36 NIV)

The hopes and fears of all the years are met in thee tonight.

In Christ, we find the answer to our deepest anxieties and desires.

I believe in God, the Father almighty, Creator of heaven and earth…

May the table set before them become a snare; may it become retribution and a trap. May their eyes be darkened so they cannot see, and their backs be bent forever. Pour out your wrath on them; let your fierce anger overtake them. (Psalm 69:22–24 NIV)

The point: Sometimes Jesus meets our hopes and fears by transforming our hopes and fears.

“If we will but let our God and Father work His will with us, there can be no limit to His enlargement of our existence.” -George Macdonald