We Have an Anchor
We live
in a changing world. How much has your life changed this year, with all of the
unforeseen events happening to us as a nation, as a congregation, as
individuals? One could also ask how much life has changed in your own
lifetime? In truth, can you think of
anything in life that does not change? We are constantly changing one
circumstance for another, one age for another. We change from childhood, to
adolescence, to youth, to adulthood. As we change, people, places, and events
change around us. Of course, not every change is negative or bad, but change,
in and of itself, can be disturbing and unsettling. We all have a need for something constant,
something to give us assurance when everything else around is uncertain.
There is someone you can trust, someone who will remain constant no matter what you may encounter. There is someone who will always be there to help, even with your greatest needs. “Jesus Christ, the same yesterday and today and into the ages” (literal translation – Heb. 13:8). No matter what changes occur to us, in us, or around us, Jesus is the anchor that provides the stability we want and need. In Him, we can endure whatever life may toss our way, knowing what He has already accomplished on our behalf, knowing the help and strength He now provides, knowing the life He offers for eternity.
Jesus is our link to that age where change will be no more, and we will reign with Him “into the ages of the ages” (Rev. 22:5). What a phenomenal promise, then, Paul can make to us based on Christ. “Who can bring an accusation against God’s elect? God is the one who justifies. Who is the one who condemns? Christ Jesus is the one who died, but even more, has been raised; he also is at the right hand of God and intercedes for us. Who can separate us from the love of Christ? Can affliction or distress or persecution or famine or nakedness or danger or sword? As it is written: Because of you we are being put to death all day long; we are counted as sheep to be slaughtered. No, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him who loved us” (Rom. 8:33-37).
We have such a secured salvation offered us in Jesus Christ! In a world of change, and the uncertainty it brings, life in Him can be constant and sure. Take comfort in His stability. Allow His will to influence you positively, and show His confidence in your life, for every change, every challenge you face. Our faith in the changelessness of our Savior offers a hope “secure and firmly established” (Heb. 6:19). He will see us through all the changes of life, to life without change, life eternal.
“Rejoice in the Lord always; again I will say, rejoice.”
Robert
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