our Anchor

Wednesday, July 31, 2013 (8:13 a.m.)

Blessed Father God,

Thank You for being our Anchor.

(9:45 a.m.)

Right now may I please just say, “Wow!” and again, “Thank You!” Looking into Your Word, I find two translations that reaffirm my faith and trust in You not only as our hope for salvation but as our Anchor as well. Hebrews 6:19 in the New Life Version and again in the New Living Translation.

Backing up to verses 13-18, the stage is set for what is to come in verse 19. Under the subject title God's Promises Bring Hope we read of Your promise to Abraham. We are reminded of the promise and the oath You gave to Abraham of blessing him with “descendants beyond number” (v.14, see also Genesis 22:17).

We are told in this section that “These two things [Your promise and oath] 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” (18b). Mm. Yes. Hope! Hope in You. Hope in Your Word. Hope in Your Son.

“This hope is a strong and trustworthy anchor for our souls. It leads us through the curtain into God's inner sanctuary” (v.19, NLT). “This hope is a safe anchor for our souls. It will never move. This hope goes into the Holiest Place of All behind the curtain of heaven” (19, NLV).

Father God, thank You for this hope. The hope of Your goodness and Your grace. The mighty hope that allows us to cling to You in times of discord and situational upsets.

We are currently battling situational upsets. I can't put my finger on what exactly is going on here so I'm honestly going with what we were learning in church on Sunday. “Our fight is not against people on earth. We are fighting against the rulers and authorities and the powers of this world's darkness. We are fighting against the spiritual powers of evil in the heavenly places” (Ephesians 6:12).

It IS Your Spiritual Armor with which we need to gird ourselves. Something isn't quite right around here. Our hope HAS to be in You. Always, only in You as our Anchor.

Thank You Father. Do in and for, with and through each of us that we will truly be the people You would have us be. I love You so very much Dearest Lord. And again I thank You for absolutely being our Anchor. Thank You. I love You. Amen.

(429 words ~ 10:17 a.m.)