“Which hope we have as an anchor of the soul, both sure and steadfast...” The third definition of the word “anchor” in Webster’s Dictionary is: “a person or thing that can be relied on for support, stability, or security; mainstay.” This certainly describes the Lord Jesus, does it not? An anchor is the symbol of hope, and the Scriptures tell us He is our Hope. He does for the soul what an anchor does for a ship. Because our Anchor is both sure and steadfast, it enables us to outride the storms of life. No matter how severe the tempest, wild the waves, or boisterous the winds, there is a calm within the veil.
That is our unmovable standing, but our state may present us entirely different. We may be tossed to and fro with the tempest, but, like a buoy in a storm that appears to be movable on the surface, unseen to the naked eye, it is both “sure and steadfast” underneath the tempestuous storm. Our flesh may be weak, but our faith is strong.
Hope is never ill when faith is well. (John Bunyan, Puritan
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