An Anchored Soul Won’t Quit

If the security of our lives boils down to our own strengths and abilities or from other people around our lives, we will ultimately live this life unfulfilled and plagued with fear, doubt, and uncertainty. When our focus of faith is captured by anything less than God’s promises, priorities, and plans for our lives we will stray and stumble. Human performance cannot do the will of God without the helping and enabling hand of God. Since there is the commitment of God to provide grace to help us in time of need there should not be from any true son or daughter of God giving up, giving in, nor giving ourselves over to the despair of hopelessness.

God’s Word shows us how He guides and keeps us, and through the example of Abraham’s life, how our faith can waver without the active grace to keep us on point in life. The believer that is going to be anchored in times of trials must be anchored in the promises of God. Faith in God must be more than a general faith, but rooted in a personal faith. It all begins with what we believe about God in our interaction with Him in our relationship, fellowship, and our personal worship of Him. Faith believes that He is a rewarder of those that diligently seek Him (Hebrews 11:6). Faith is not blind for us, but it is based on whether we believe that God is a keeper of what He has promised, and on that basis can we stay anchored until He chooses to act and answer on behalf of His promises to us (Hebrews 6:11-15). The anchored soul must have faith that is rooted in the truth that God is serious about His promises to us. He will not just keep them, but He must keep them according to His will for us. He said, (“I will surely…”) and (“He swore…”). Also we must rest in the fact that a promise from God is a covenant and an oath with Himself, because there is no other worthy to bear witness to the truth that it is impossible for God to lie (Hebrews 6:18).

There is a bridge of challenge that we all face between the believing God for His promises and receiving the promises of God in His timing to act or answer according to His will. There is the challenge of patiently waiting, or persevering, as we purpose to maintain faithfulness to Him. God knows we waver, weaken and at times become weary while waiting on Him. Abraham was like us in that none of us has perfect faith and God knows each of us through and through and knows when and how to intervene so that we who have sought refuge in Him might find the consolation and encouragement to keep trusting because He does not change and it is impossible for God to lie to us.

Prayer: Father it is so securing to our hearts to believe You with every confidence. Thank You for sure words of truth that enable us to find safety and refuge in the promises that You have given unto us. You keep us in our weakness and You encourage us when we come to the end of ourselves and filled with gratitude we bow before You in again in joyful adoration. In Jesus name, amen and amen.
By Pastor Wayne Cockrell