19 We have this hope as an anchor for the soul, firm and secure.
I don’t know about you, but circumstances can sometimes make me seasick. In the middle of storms we long from solid ground. At times it can seem that everything we thought was solid, firm and secure is moving and transient. When we face illness we often feel like our body is betraying us, like it is playing on the opposing team, like an old friend has betrayed us. Maybe our spouse has done something that cuts to the very heart of your relationship and causes you to question everything you believed about that relationship. Maybe they really didn’t love me. Maybe I really wasn’t good enough. Maybe I married the wrong person. Or you are standing over the hospital bed of your own child wondering if they are going to pull through. There are times in all our lives when our world gets turned upside down, where our beliefs about life and this world get shaken to the ground. God has made promises and taken an oath to fulfill those promises. He never lies. He never changes. If we know that, really know that deep in our soul, that knowledge gives us hope. And that hope is like solid ground for our soul. When the whole world is moving and churning, the Lord remains the same. During deployments soldiers and family members need solid ground. They need to know that something is not changing in a world of uncertainty. I needed it. My phone calls back to my wife felt like I was casting an anchor back to what was solid. As long as she was there to catch the anchor, all was right in my relationship. I would cry out to the Lord and when He spoke to me through His Word by His Spirit, I knew my eternity was secure. All of us need safety and security in our relationships with other humans and in our relationship with the Lord. He never fails, though humans can and do fail. Reach out to Him. Let your relationship with Him be the solid ground to which you flee.
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