We have this hope, in Christ, as an anchor for the soul, firm and secure. Hebrews 6:19
Hope! What an amazing word. “Hope” can be used in so many scenarios every day. Talking to my kids: “I hope you have a great day at school today.” With concern: “I hope everyone is safe in the storm.” With expectation: “I hope I get that job interview.” In exhaustion: “I hope I can have a few quiet moments to collect my thoughts today.” We can also hope for better things to come, “I hope tomorrow is a better day!”
We can hope for so many things. Unfortunately, sometimes those things we hope for do not come to fruition and we feel let down, frustrated or sad. I can remember several times in my life when I worked so hard toward a goal and hoped I’d done enough to reach it but in the end was left heart broken and disappointed. Now that I am a Mom, it breaks my heart even more to see that same disappointment in my kids. I remember how raw that feeling was when I was a kid and it makes me feel sad, and a little helpless, when I see my kids going through that same cycle of being hopeful then let down.
Sometimes we lose hope or feel like we are in a hopeless situation. For me specifically, there was one year in my life when I felt the most hopeless. In that one year, I struggled with the unexpected death of a family member and a bad accident involving one of my children. I had lost hope, not because all hope was lost but because I was so angry at what life dealt me I refused to see the hope that was readily available to me. Not until I sought the one true, unshakable, unfailing hope, was I able to heal.
Hebrews 6:19 says “We have this hope, in Christ, as an anchor for the soul, firm and secure.”
During that year, more than ever, I needed an anchor for my soul, firm and secure. Christ was always there, waiting for me to return to Him, to find my hope in Him again. He never left my side, I just needed to call out to Him, to place my hope in Him. When we anchor our hope in Christ, *like an anchor safely holds a ship in position, our anchor goes up to the true, heavenly sanctuary. What better place to be anchored?
The great hope we have in Christ and the security of knowing He cares for us so much that He would lay down His life for us is incredible. The word incredible doesn’t even seem to cover what Christ did for me, for us. It is mind-blowing, staggering, extraordinary, in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us. Romans 5:8 How can I ever repay Christ for what He has done for me, for the hope He has given me? Truth is, I cannot. I can only accept Him and have faith that He is the one true, Great Hope and the anchor for my soul.
*paraphrased note from Hebrews 6:19 in the Zondervan NIV Bible
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