The boat is swaying back and forth
as the wind increases
as the current grows stronger,
yet
there is
no anxiety
no fear,
because
HOPE
isn't
in the wind
&
HOPE
isn't in the current
because
HOPE
is in the
ANCHOR
that is not seen
because it is below the water
doing what it is designed to do.
ANCHORED~
Comforted.
Gripped.
Protected.
Secure.
The
ANCHOR
is of no use
if it isn't attached to the boat.
Where does the boat put its HOPE when it needs to be at rest?
The storms come.
The wind gusts.
The current increases
in your life & in my life,
so
where do you
&
where do I
put our
HOPE
when we need to be
Comforted
Gripped
Protected
Secure
and at
Rest?
"A furious squall came up, and the waves broke over the boat, so that it was nearly swamped. JESUS was in the stern, sleeping on a cushion.
The disciples woke HIM and said to HIM,
'Teacher, don’t you care if we drown?'
HE got up, rebuked the wind and said to the waves,
'Quiet! Be still!'
Then the wind died down and it was completely calm.
HE said to HIS disciples,
'Why are you so afraid? Do you still have no faith?'"(Mark 4:35-40)
ANCHORED
in
JESUS.
PLANTED
in
HOPE
"We have this hope as an anchor for the soul, firm and secure..." (Hebrews 6:19).
This
Hope
is
ANCHORED ABOVE~
"upward in heaven, not down in the ground;
and we are anchored to move on, not to stand still." (David Guzik)
So
we don't look into the
terrifying seas
to
the ANCHOR
that is on
the ocean floor,
instead
"we fix our eyes not on what is seen, but on what is unseen,
since what is seen is temporary, but
what is unseen is eternal"
(2 Corinthians 4:18).
Anxiety & Fear is gone
when
what appears to be a disaster ready to happen
is replaced by
THE HOPE that is reality~
"When darkness veils HIS lovely face, I rest on HIS unchanging grace; in every high and stormy gale, my anchor holds within the veil"
("IN CHRIST ALONE")
All because
you & I
are
PLANTED in the ONE
who
BLOOMS
HOPE
in every circumstance
no matter how rocky the seas
because our
HOPE is ANCHORED
"IN CHRIST ALONE"
(listen to the song below)
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