Anchored Hope
The boat is swaying
back and forth
as the wind increases
as the current grows stronger
yet
there is
no anxiety
no fear
because
Hope
isn't
in the wind
Hope
isn't in the current
Hope
is in
the
anchor
that is not seen
because it is
below the water
doing what it is designed to do.
Anchored~
Comforted
Gripped
Protected
Secure.
The
Anchor
is of no use
if it isn't attached to the boat.
What does the boat put its hope in when it needs to be at rest?
The storms come
The wind gusts
The current increases
in your life
in my life~
so
what do you
&
what do I
put our
hope
in
when we need to be
Comforted
Gripped
Protected
Secure
at
Rest?
A furious squall came up, and the waves broke over the boat, so that it was nearly swamped.
Jesus was in the stern, sleeping on a cushion. The disciples woke him and said to Him,
“Teacher, don’t you care if we drown?”
He got up, rebuked the wind and said to the waves,
“Quiet! Be still!” Then the wind died down and it was completely calm.
He said to his disciples,
“Why are you so afraid? Do you still have no faith?” Mark 4:35-40
Anchored
in
JESUS
Anchored
in
Hope
We have this hope as an anchor for the soul, firm and secure... Hebrews 6:19
This
HOPE
is
ANCHORED
"upward in heaven, not down in the ground; and we are anchored to move on, not to stand still." (David Guzik, Enduring Word)
So
we
don't look into the
terrifying seas
to
the anchor
that is on
the ocean floor,
instsead
we fix our eyes not on what is seen, but on what is unseen, since what is seen is temporary,
but what is unseen is eternal. 2 Corinthians 4:18
Anxiety is gone
Fear is gone
when
what appears to be a disaster ready to happen~
"When darkness veils His lovely face, I rest on his unchanging grace; in every high and stormy gale, my anchor holds within the veil." (My Hope is Built on Nothing Less)
Because
I am & you are
ANCHORED
Upward
in
HOPE...