From the Cobwebs: The Anchor

    Imagine you are on a boat, sailing the high seas.  You have all the things you need:  a sail, a helm, a galley, bunk beds, and an anchor.  You are sailing along when you happen upon a most idyllic spot on the ocean.  At this spot, a lovely breeze is blowing, the sun is shining so as to warm you, but not bake you, and there is no roughness in the waters.  It is perfection.  You have plenty of supplies so you decided you want to stay in this spot for a bit.  So, now that you’ve made the decision to stay, how do you accomplish it?

 

    How can you assure that you stay at this exact latitude and longitude?  Well, you drop the anchor, yeah?  You let it drop all the way down to the sea floor where—conveniently—it hooks under the edge of a solid sheet of rock.  So, now you’re safe and can stay right here in your newly found paradise for as long as you want to do so.  Even on those rare occasions when storms come to mar the beauty of your oasis, you will stay right latitude and the right longitude because you have lowered your anchor and you are secure.  No matter how strongly the winds blow no matter how roughly the winds toss your boat you will not move from that rock to which you are affixed.  You are safe.

We are just like that boat, y’all.   If we lower our anchors all the way down and attach ourselves to the bedrock of Christ, we’ll be safe.  It won’t matter how hard the winds of false doctrine blow in our faces.  We will stand firm.  It won’t matter how intense Satan makes our toils and tribulations.  We will stay securely fastened to Christ and Salvation. Because we’re anchored to the bedrock foundation of God’s Word.