May Hope Be Your Anchor – Part One
“For whatever things were written before were written for our learning, that we through the patience and comfort of the Scriptures might have hope” (Romans 15:4).
Hope is the word receiving the most inquiries of any topic on the web. It is an indication people are looking for something more and/or better. They are hoping to gain something that will make life better. There is a volume the principal insight is to inspire hope. It is the Scripture that gives hope. It is replete with accounts of persons who were rescued from the slough of despond by the strong cords of hope,
Immediately after the crucifixion of Jesus His followers were depicted as having lost hope: “But we were hoping that it was He who was going to redeem Israel” (Luke 24: 21). Had they had a fuller understanding of the written word of God their hope based on it would have flourished. The applied word would have sustained their hope. It does the same for us today. It stimulates “patience and comfort.” giving the tincture of time to engender hope.
At times our hope wavers, but the principles of Scripture are there to comfort us. To do so it must be known and applied. Therefore, studying the Scripture for it may give the truth you will need tomorrow to apply to a life situation. It gives hope. For it to do so it must be known.
Are you in the valley of despair? There is hope.
These words from the old hymn “How Firm a Foundation” by John Rippon are not only worthy of being sung, but lived. “When through fiery trials thy pathway shall lie, my grace, all-sufficient, shall be thy supply.”
Imagine a cup placed under a running faucet. As it fills to the brim, it starts to overflow—not because it’s broken, but because it’s full.
“May the God of hope fill you… so that you may abound in hope.” God doesn’t just give enough to survive—He gives enough to overflow. This is the life of someone who trusts and believes, filled by the Spirit.
In 1941, Winston Churchill addressed a school and famously said, “Never give in. Never, never, never—in nothing, great or small, large or petty—never give in.” Hope is the refusal to give in when things fall apart and everything tells you to quit. It’s trusting that God has the final word.
Sailors drop anchor during a storm not to stop the storm, but to stay steady through it. Hope in Christ is the anchor of our soul (Hebrews 6:19). It doesn’t remove the storm, but it holds us firm while we persevere through it.
Drop your anchor that you might be stable even in your storms. We all know there are storms on our life’s horizon. Search the Scripture today that you may be firmly anchored tomorrow in the hope that gives life its meaning.