Anchored

Boat anchors are heavy and handy … as they must be.  I’m not a boating person, but I recall a fun day at the lake with some girlfriends.  We were all in the water on inflatable floats just off the boat deck, but the boat kept floating away!  There were lots of grown-women paddling and giggling!

 

It is good to have anchors in this life: an established address, a steady job, family and friends … just to mention a few.  Know what can happen to those “anchors?”  Like that boat, they can float away – become undependable, leaving us in a lurch.  David wrote, “My soul is steadfast, O God!” (Psalm 108:1).  How can one be so sure of a steadfast heart in an ever-shifting world?  Because the steadfast love of the LORD never ceases … His Mercies never come to an end … Great is His faithfulness. (Lamentations 3:22-23).  Have you reached the end of your rope … Does your day seem doomed … Has life wearied you to despair … Are you faint of heart?  Sing deliberately with the psalmist, “My soul is steadfast, O God … I will sing and make melody with all my being … For Your steadfast love is great above the heavens; Your faithfulness reaches to the clouds.” (108:1, 4).  It is God – God alone – Who anchors the soul.  Let your soul sing!