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Will It Hold?
Will It Hold?
Greg King
Walking through life can often feel like getting knocked around by the waves of the sea. Some days it feels like everything is against us and everything is falling apart. From tragedies, criticisms, trials, and pain, it can feel like you have been knocked to the ground.
God knew life would be difficult. God came in the flesh and intimately knows what you are experiencing. “For we do not have a high priest who is unable to sympathize with our weaknesses” (Hebrews 4:15). God has not left us alone.
God did not expect us to go through this life without the necessary tools we need to be able to withstand life’s trials. God wants us to have an anchor to stabilize us through the waves of life. “We have this as a sure and steadfast anchor of the soul, a hope that enters into the inner place behind the curtain, where Jesus has gone as a forerunner on our behalf...” (Hebrews 6:19-20).
What is this “sure and steadfast anchor” for your soul? What is this “hope” that will hold you firm in life? Look at the previous verse. “So when God desired to show more convincingly to the heirs of the promise the unchangeable character of his purpose, he guaranteed it with an oath, so that by two unchangeable things, in which it is impossible for God to lie, we who have fled for refuge might have strong encouragement to hold fast to the hope set before us.” (Hebrews 6:17–18)
Two unchangeable things are to be our anchor. His unchangeable character of His purpose and His unchangeable word. God’s purpose is always accomplished and God never lies. These two things give us “strong encouragement to hold fast to the hope set before us.” We must have a firm anchor in Christ so that through Christ we will live a godly life with joy in spite of life’s circumstances. Will your anchor hold?
