Hope is the Anchor for Our Souls (TMF:1537)

Tuesday, February 02, 2021
Peace to Live By: Hope is the Anchor for Our Souls (TMF:1537) - Daniel Litton
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       The writer of Hebrews has told his Jewish Christian audience, “So when God desired to show more convincingly to the heirs of the promise the unchangeable character of his purpose, he guaranteed it with an oath, so that by two unchangeable things, in which it is impossible for God to lie, we who have fled for refuge might have strong encouragement to hold fast to the hope set before us. We have this as a sure and steadfast anchor of the soul, a hope that enters into the inner place behind the curtain, where Jesus has gone as a forerunner on our behalf, having become a high priest forever after the order of Melchizedek” (Hebrews 6:17-20, ESV). So, here, one of the illustrations we see for hope is that it is our anchor for our souls. We understand that a ship's anchor is let down through the water and it fastens on the seafloor, in the rocks, so that the ship will not drift away from where it is supposed to be.