The Contented Life Daily DevotionalSample

Cling To The Anchor Of Jesus

Cornelia "Corrie" Ten Boom knew something about being content and having an anchor to hold you in the storms of life. She grew up in a devoutly religious family, and during World War II, her family hid hundreds of Jews to protect them from arrest by Nazi authorities. Eventually, her family was betrayed, and the entire family was imprisoned. Corrie survived and started a worldwide ministry to encourage others with what she learned in the Nazi concentration camps. She once wrote: "In order to realize the worth of the anchor, we need to feel the stress of the storm."

The storms of life will reveal the strength of your anchor, for an anchor is only as secure as that to which it is fastened. Like an anchor holding a ship safely in position, your hope in Christ guarantees your safety and allows you to remain in God's inner sanctuary. Here, His divine presence will keep your soul in peace even though a storm rages outside. Whereas the ship's anchor goes down to the ocean bed, the Christian's anchor goes up into the throne of God Himself to bring comfort and assurance.

This anchor of hope is a certain expectation that God will do what He has said. It is more than a wish or a desire; it is the assurance that God will keep His promise. There is no desperation or fear of what will happen if God doesn't come through. Rather, it is this assurance that you have hope for a better future and the power to hold on in the present moment.

In today's world, many winds and currents will try to pull you away from the presence of God. The songwriter Priscilla Owens captured the verse's essence when she wrote: "We have an anchor that keeps the soul steadfast and sure while the billows roll, fastened to the Rock which cannot move, grounded firm and deep in the Savior's love."

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By: David Koop