Most of us have heard of the song "The Anchor Holds." Very good song! But, there is more to our "Anchor" than it holding us in place! This Anchor is HOPE! Hebrews 6:18-20 tells of the HOPE that we have in Christ.
This hope is first of all a STRONG CONSOLATION! Hebrews 6:18_" ....we might have a strong consolation,......the hope set before us:". The meaning of consolation is "comfort that is felt in times of disappointment." The Lord IS called THE COMFORTER & CONSOLATION in the Bible! He IS OUR ANCHOR OF COMFORT AND CONSOLATION! "But the Comforter, which is the Holy Ghost, whom the Father will send in my name, He shall teach you all things, and bring all things to your remembrance, whatsoever I have said unto you." John 14:26. Luke 2:25 "...waiting for the CONSOLATION of Israel:". Only He can give us the Comfort and Consolation that we need while here on this earth!
Secondly, this hope is a REFUGE. "...who have fled for refuge to lay hold upon the hope set before us:" Heb. 6:18. "For thou hast been a strength to the poor, a strength to the needy in his distress, a REFUGE from the storm," Isaiah 25:4. Psalm 91:2 "I will say of the Lord, He is my REFUGE and my fortress: my God; in Him will I trust." This Anchor of HOPE is OUR REFUGE! Jesus wants us to seek Him for help as the FIRST PLACE to turn to in the storm, or distress! "God is our REFUGE and strength, a very present help in trouble!" Psalms 46:1.
Thirdly, our Anchor of Hope is THE ANCHOR OF THE SOUL! "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..." Hebrews 6:19 & 20a. If our Anchor is sure and stedfast, we should be too! He is the one that holds, or keeps us! "Therefore, my beloved brethren, be ye stedfast, unmoveable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, forasmuch as ye know that your labour is not in vain in the Lord." I Corinthians 15:58. Keeping our HOPE, the Anchor of our Soul, as the basis of our being, we can be sure and stedfast! "Thou wilt keep Him in perfect peace, whose mind is stayed on thee: because he trusteth in thee." Isaiah 26:3. "Rejoicing in HOPE, ..." Romans 12:12.
Jesus, our HOPE, is the Anchor of Strong Consolation, Refuge, and Anchor of the Soul! In the storms of life, may we remember our Anchor is WHO comforts, protects, and keeps us! "Now the GOD of HOPE fill you with all joy and peace in believing, that ye may abound in HOPE, through the power of the Holy Ghost!."Romans 15:13. "....God our Saviour, and Lord Jesus Christ, WHICH IS OUR HOPE." I Timothy 1:1. The Anchor Holds!
This hope is first of all a STRONG CONSOLATION! Hebrews 6:18_" ....we might have a strong consolation,......the hope set before us:". The meaning of consolation is "comfort that is felt in times of disappointment." The Lord IS called THE COMFORTER & CONSOLATION in the Bible! He IS OUR ANCHOR OF COMFORT AND CONSOLATION! "But the Comforter, which is the Holy Ghost, whom the Father will send in my name, He shall teach you all things, and bring all things to your remembrance, whatsoever I have said unto you." John 14:26. Luke 2:25 "...waiting for the CONSOLATION of Israel:". Only He can give us the Comfort and Consolation that we need while here on this earth!
Secondly, this hope is a REFUGE. "...who have fled for refuge to lay hold upon the hope set before us:" Heb. 6:18. "For thou hast been a strength to the poor, a strength to the needy in his distress, a REFUGE from the storm," Isaiah 25:4. Psalm 91:2 "I will say of the Lord, He is my REFUGE and my fortress: my God; in Him will I trust." This Anchor of HOPE is OUR REFUGE! Jesus wants us to seek Him for help as the FIRST PLACE to turn to in the storm, or distress! "God is our REFUGE and strength, a very present help in trouble!" Psalms 46:1.
Thirdly, our Anchor of Hope is THE ANCHOR OF THE SOUL! "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..." Hebrews 6:19 & 20a. If our Anchor is sure and stedfast, we should be too! He is the one that holds, or keeps us! "Therefore, my beloved brethren, be ye stedfast, unmoveable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, forasmuch as ye know that your labour is not in vain in the Lord." I Corinthians 15:58. Keeping our HOPE, the Anchor of our Soul, as the basis of our being, we can be sure and stedfast! "Thou wilt keep Him in perfect peace, whose mind is stayed on thee: because he trusteth in thee." Isaiah 26:3. "Rejoicing in HOPE, ..." Romans 12:12.
Jesus, our HOPE, is the Anchor of Strong Consolation, Refuge, and Anchor of the Soul! In the storms of life, may we remember our Anchor is WHO comforts, protects, and keeps us! "Now the GOD of HOPE fill you with all joy and peace in believing, that ye may abound in HOPE, through the power of the Holy Ghost!."Romans 15:13. "....God our Saviour, and Lord Jesus Christ, WHICH IS OUR HOPE." I Timothy 1:1. The Anchor Holds!
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