I woke up the other morning thinking about anchors. Why? I am not sure. I just woke up and anchors were the first thing on my mind.
An anchor has a purpose. It stabilizes and secures. According to Wikipedia, “An anchor is a device, normally made of metal, used to secure a vessel to the bed of a body of water to prevent the craft from drifting due to wind or current. The word derives from Latin ancora, which itself comes from the Greek ἄγκυρα (ankȳra).”
That’s great for ships. It is even greater for Christians because we too have an anchor that secures us when the winds of trouble assail, or the currents of modern thought threaten to overwhelm.
Hebrews 6:18-20: “So God has given both his promise and his oath. These two things are unchangeable because it is impossible for God to lie. Therefore, we who have fled to him for refuge can have great confidence as we hold to the hope that lies before us. This hope is a strong and trustworthy anchor for our souls. It leads us through the curtain into God’s inner sanctuary. Jesus has already gone in there for us.” [NLT]
We hold on to the hope God has given us as part of our salvation. That hope anchors us. It goes through the curtain into God’s inner sanctuary where Jesus now resides. That hope anchors in Him, the one who is our Living Hope.
How important that is! Everything in this world seeks not to stabilize us but to weaken us.
The enemy of our soul does not want us secure – he wants us destroyed.
Our own sinful nature often succumbs to lack of focus and tries to set us adrift.
But the anchor holds! It holds because it is secured in the Solid Rock, God our Rock, Christ Jesus our LORD.
