Day 292 – If you don’t set your anchor before the storm, when it hits, you’ll be driven to a place of no hope.
Today’s Reading: Acts 26 – 28
Acts 27:13-15,18-20 “Now when the south wind blew gently, supposing that they had obtained their purpose, they weighed anchor and sailed along Crete, close to the shore. But soon a tempestuous wind, called the northeaster, struck down from the land. And when the ship was caught and could not face the wind, we gave way to it and were driven along. Since we were violently storm-tossed, they began the next day to jettison the cargo. And on the third day they threw the ship’s tackle overboard with their own hands. When neither sun nor stars appeared for many days, and no small tempest lay on us, all hope of our being saved was at last abandoned.”
Each one of us will be hit by a storm at some point in our life. Some will be filled with rain, light wind, and a little thunder. Others will be more like a hurricane. When we don’t set our anchor before the storm we will be driven along the shore, tossed and turned, until we unload everything we have and end up losing hope of being saved.
My children have already experienced quite a few difficult storms in their life. They understand why we have focused on placing our anchor of hope in Jesus since they were born. One of our daughters, in particular, struggled with fears for the first 13 years of her life. We poured scripture over every worry, prayed the Word of God over her, spoke truth in her most anxious moments, and to no avail she would still work herself into a tizzy before becoming physically ill. But then something clicked!
One day we were outside chatting about our plans when out of no where she piped up, “You know what, Mom…I’m not afraid anymore.” Stopping in my tracks, I turned to look at her. “You know why….Because I finally realized God’s always watching over me and He will never leave me.” She got it. Her anchor is set in her heart and laid in the foundation of Jesus.
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