Connected With The Anchor
“Wherein God, willing more abundantly to shew unto the heirs of promise the immutability of his counsel, confirmed it by an oath: That by two immutable things, in which it was impossible for God to lie, we might have a strong consolation, who have fled for refuge to lay hold upon the hope set before us: Which hope we have as an anchor of the soul, both sure and stedfast, and which entereth into that within the veil; Whither the forerunner is for us entered, even Jesus, made an high priest for ever after the order of Melchisedec.” (Hebrews 6:17-20)
Today’s Morsel: The writer of Hebrews calls our attention to God’s promises and faithfulness to Abraham. He said that when God made promise to Abraham, because He could sware by no greater, because there is none greater than God, He, God, swore by Himself. God put His own word and oath on the line to Abraham. Telling him that if he left home and followed Him, He would bless him, multiply him, and make him a great nation. And Abraham obeyed. And the writer tells us that by those same two unchangeable things (His word and oath), that we, too, might have a strong consolation, or support, in the hope that is set before us. And he said that it is in this hope that we have an anchor for our soul, which is both sure and steadfast. Abraham found himself facing the time element. He has a promise, he knows that God cannot lie, and so he anchored himself to God’s word and oath, which becomes an anchor for his soul. He understood it was sure and steadfast. The writer uses Abraham’s belief in God, so that we will connect our lives to this same anchor, Jesus Christ. As He is both sure and steadfast.
Sing: There’s a storm out, on the ocean, and it’s moving this away; And if your soul’s not, anchored in Jesus, you will surely, drift away.
Thought For Today: Know the ability of your anchor or your ship will surely drift away.
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