I am a water girl through and through. Any chance I get to be near water I will. Beach, lake, bay you name it. In some of my water experiences I have gotten the opportunity to be on a boat. In those times I remember whoever was driving the boat would drop an anchor into the water when it was time to dock the boat. I’m no expert here, but the thing I remember about the anchor is that it was usually heavy and it kept the boat in one place from drifting away with the wind.
As I picked up my Bible the other day I was reminded again of the power of an anchor for our lives. I was taken to Hebrews 6:19; which says, “We have this hope as an anchor for the soul, firm and secure.” I love how this verse refers to hope as an anchor for our soul. As I read this verse through I began to think hope in what though? If we take a look at the verses before this one in context we can see that this hope was referring to God’s unchanging nature. God didn’t change with Abraham, God promised on oath that he would bless him and give him many descendants. Which we can see he did if we go back to Abraham’s story. Then we come to verse 18 which says, “God did this so that, by two unchangeable things in which it is impossible for God to lie, we who have fled to take hold of the hope offered to us may be greatly encouraged.” So our hope lies in that fact that God is unchanging, that he won’t ever lie and that we can be encouraged that if we believe that to be true then the same promises he makes to us, he will accomplish. God will bring about for us just like he did for Abraham. It’s a hope that holds onto a God that is unchanging. It’s this that is our anchor. In a sea of change and uncertainty with all that is going on in our lives, our world and all around us, I don’t know about you, but I need an anchor for my soul.
Verse 19 says that this anchor of hope is firm and secure. With COVID, fires, political and racial unrest, we need something to anchor our soul from going adrift at sea. If we aren’t careful and just listen to the news or social media that is around us, we can find ourselves anchored to what is happening with all of the surging of its ups and downs like waves on a sea. We too then realize that not only do our circumstances feel insecure, so do we and so do our souls. But God offers a different way and invites us into a place of security and a firm foundation for our feet and the deep inner places for our soul to find safety and rest.
Going back to the boat analogy for a moment, when it is anchored, it may rock around, but it still isn’t going anywhere. The anchor is keeping it rooted to the bottom of the ocean and I believe our anchor of hope, which is God’s unchanging nature and his promise to his Word has the ability to keep us rooted in this sea of uncertainty in which we live. Wherever you may be today, let God anchor you in his hope, in his stability in who He is and trust that He will keep you right where he wants you through all of the waves you see around you.
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