He believed God, but it was not until much later that he received the fulfillment of the promise of God. In the meantime, we are called to hold onto our hope. This hope we have as an anchor of the soul. It is the lack of an anchor. Water is a slippery substance and only when you latch onto something solid can you stop drifting.
Life is also slippery.
You try to build a life and it can be like formless jello. My wife once tried to make a triple decker jello mold. She brought it out to our Bible study group and set it on the dining room table. But all of a sudden it began to drop and push out beyond the confines of the plate. She cried out for everyone to grab a spoon in a vain attempt to stop this tidal wave of jello.