Anchored

 DEVOTION

TO HEBREWS

ANCHORED

Heb 6:16-20

16 Men swear by someone greater than themselves, and the oath confirms what is said and puts an end to all argument. 17 Because God wanted to make the unchanging nature of his purpose very clear to the heirs of what was promised, he confirmed it with an oath. 18 God did this so that, by two unchangeable things in which it is impossible for God to lie, we who have fled to take hold of the hope offered to us may be greatly encouraged. 19 We have this hope as an anchor for the soul, firm and secure. It enters the inner sanctuary behind the curtain, 20 where Jesus, who went before us, has entered on our behalf. He has become a high priest forever, in the order of Melchizedek.

NIV

What we first notice is this unchanging nature of his purpose. The fact that God has always had the same purpose that was from the beginning and will be forevermore. He confirmed this oath he made by his own name, for there is no name greater then his. When God makes a promise, it will be an everlasting promise that we can live confidently that promise will be fulfilled because it is impossible for God to lie. That seems strange to say there is something impossible for God, because we have been told nothing is impossible for God, but of course, that is when He is compared to what men can do for what is impossible for us men, is not impossible for God. He is the Almighty with an inescapable great power. However, because the very nature of God is truth, for He is the only pure undeniable truth. Every word that has and will proceed from his mouth is the truth and nothing but the truth. We are greatly encouraged by this one unchanging truth because we have a promise from Jesus that he has prepared a place for us and that he is coming back to take us to that place so that we can be where he is. This is an anchor for our soul. When we consider the task of an anchor on a large ship and how when it is dropped to the water’s bottom, it keeps the ship from being moved by the current or the changing waves. It fastens the ship to one place. This is what the promise of God does for our souls. It anchors us in one place, so we are not blown around by ever wind of doctrine, or ever current of the culture we live in. We live firm and secure with every fiber of our being that we are going to enter the Holy of Holies, the very place where God dwells because Jesus went before us behind the curtain, in fact, that curtain, that veil was torn in two giving us full complete unobstructed assess to the Holy of Holiness, God himself. There is nothing which keeps us from entering into His presence, and within that reality, His presence dwells within us, for we are the temple of God. How much more can we be confident witth the truth of truths, to the unchanging nature of God, as the Holy Spirit makes his home within us. He is the one who confirms all the truth to us, as he testifies within us by his own name, and the name of the Father and the name of the Son, Jesus Christ, our Lord and Savior. Let us live confidently, boldly and with courageous endurance completely convinced of our resurrection to rise into the very presence of God, dwelling in paradise forevermore. By the truth of God we are anchored.