setting the anchor — Psalm 125

“An anchor is a device, normally made of metal, that is used to connect a vessel to a bed of a body of water to prevent the craft from drifting due to wind or current."   wikipedia.

Every ship is supplied with an anchor. It is one thing however to have an anchor. It is another thing to use it.   In Christ, you and I have an anchor called faith. This anchor when exercised properly gives us stability and helps us remain patient with joy in stormy times.

When a storms comes we have the opportunity to set the anchor of faith in the character of God, Ps 125:1-2. Don’t put your trust in your circumstances but in the nature and character of God. In her book, The Hiding Place, Corrie Ten Boom said, “Never be afraid to trust an unknown future to a known God.”  

Follow the example of Jesus Christ as He “kept entrusting Himself to Him who judges righteously”, 1 Peter 2:23. The word entrusting means to hand over, like making a deposit of your treasure to a safe and trustworthy place. What could be more secure and more stable than God Himself? Everything else in life changes but God changes not. He is the stability of your times, Isaiah 33:6.

 Jesus said to the Father, “Into your hands I commit my spirit.”

 Follow Him.