And the hope before us comes from the scriptures. That is true. But the reverse is true too. That's what your feelings will often say, and that is what the world will often say. But it is NOT what the scriptures say.
Obedience is always worth it.
But neither endures without hope. For whatever was written in former days was written for our instruction, that by the endurance and by the encouragement of the scriptures we might have hope.