DAILY DEVOTIONAL

The Anchor -

In an age of unrest, a time of turmoil, when everything around us seems to be shifting and uncertain, it is comforting to know that people purchased with the blood of Christ have an anchor; that on Christ the solid rock we stand. At a time when the government of our land is insecure, it brings peace and comfort to think that we are part of an eternal, unshakable kingdom (Hebrews 12:28), of which Jesus is Lord.

 

Jesus once said, “Heaven and earth shall pass away, but my words shall not pass away” (Matthew 24:35). “He that doeth the will of God abideth forever” (1 John 2:17). Thus, as we are filled with the knowledge of God's will, and as we walk worthily of the Lord (“in the light,” John says), bearing fruit and increasing in the knowledge of God, we can rejoice that he has delivered us out of the kingdom of darkness and made us meet to be partakers of the kingdom of the Son of his love. What a wondrous thing to have redemption, the forgiveness of sins. (Colossians 1:9-14.)

 

Our anchor is steadfast and sure. He is the same yesterday, today, and forever (Hebrews 13:8). He remains changeless in a changing world. His love runs deep, as proved at Golgotha. And if we continue in the faith, grounded and steadfast, and not moved away from the hope of the gospel (Colossians 1:23), governments can be overthrown, nations cast down, houses and lands destroyed —it matters not. Our anchor is still secure, a hope both sure and steadfast, for Jesus as a forerunner has entered within the veil, taking the sting out of death and becoming our eternal high priest, and intercedes for us.  ~BOB CRASS

 

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