Anchor for Life

Saturday 7 October
READ: Heb. 6:9-20 
MORE LESSON:  Isa. 42:5-7

A boy was standing beside his father at a sea shore. He saw some empty boats on the water at the shore and wondered why they were left there. He turned to his father and asked, “Where are the owners of these boats? Don't they think the waves of the sea could carry them away?” His father replied, “No, my son, the boats are properly anchored”. While the boy was wondering what an anchor for a boat looks like and how it keeps the boat stationary on the water, another boat pulled up at the shore and the boy saw the fisherman lower a metal bar tied with a rope to his boat into the water. His father said, “There he goes, anchoring the boat! With that metal inside the water, the boat cannot be dragged away by the waves of the sea”. While the boy was still pondering how the anchor works, a huge wave came tumbling over the boats. He watched in amazement, and after a minute or two, the sea was calm, and all the boats were in place. 

Life sometimes can be like a boat at the sea shore beaten by waves occasioned by the problems of life. These waves have no respect for age, title, status, religion or culture. Just as boats and ships at the sea shore are able to stand the waves because they are anchored; you are able to withstand the problems of life only when you have an anchor. Without a life anchor you will be carried away by the waves and storms of life. The truth is that many lives are being carried away by terrible life's waves and storms because they have no anchor.

Friend, who is your anchor? Do you know Jesus Christ? Do you have trust in His Word? He is the only sure and steadfast anchor for life, as it is written, 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: Heb. 6:18-20. Stay with Jesus today, and keep His commandments, and enjoy the promise, ...whosoever heareth these sayings of mine, and doeth them, I will liken him unto a wise man, which built his house upon a rock: Matt. 7:24-25. God the Father also promised, When thou passest through the waters, I will be with thee; and through the rivers, they shall not overflow thee: when thou walkest through the fire, thou shalt not be burned; neither shall the flame kindle upon thee: Isa. 43:2. Since it is impossible for God to lie, we can receive these promises as a sure anchor for our soul in the midst of life storms.

Prayer/Action
* Ask the Lord to release His word which is the anchor for your soul, in the mighty name of Jesus.
*Pray that the storms of life will not prevail over you, in Jesus’ name.
*Ask God to go with you on your journey of life, in Jesus’ name.

TODAY’S PROPHETIC PRAYER
Father, make me a symbol of strength and blessedness wherever I go this month, in the name of Jesus.