Devotional

Hebrews 6:19 (New International Version)
19We have this hope as an anchor for the soul, firm and secure.
The hope that the writer of Hebrews is talking about here is the hope that we have in God and the promises he has made. This hope is an anchor for our soul in difficult times. We don't get washed away when difficulties come to our lives when we have our soul anchored in God's promises. I have need that word this summer. I have been to two funerals already this summer. My father-in-law died last month, and just this last week my father's sister, my aunt has met her eternal reward. My family has needed something to anchor our soul to in the midst of these difficulties.
Lloyd Ogilvie describes three kinds of anchors in his book A Future and a Hope, the lunch anchor, the working anchor and the storm anchor. Hope, Ogilvie says, is our "storm anchor." We can "stake our lives on His unchanging plan and purpose."* I'm glad for a storm anchor in my life. I trust that God is that same anchor in your life as well.

*Lloyd Ogilvie, A Future and a Hope, Dallas: Word Publishing, 1988, 139.

This was the devotional that I posted 7/19 for my online classes. I'll have to tell you, I am getting tired of funerals and weddings. I have been to two of each this last month and that's enough. I am trying to learn to depend on God as an anchor in the storm more and more.

I will post some thoughts from my funeral sermon next time.