Where's My Anchor?

The world is in turmoil...

The raging river of financial failure roars onward, swallowing up large and small alike. World leaders and politicians scramble to stack dissolving sandbags to stop the out-of-control river from drowning us all. Bags filled with our children’s and grandchildren’s future.

Last night I looked at my tender grandson — and tears welled up. I felt helpless to protect him from it. I am only one small person in a world of billions. What can I do to save him from the raging river that threatens his future?

But this morning, as I read these words I was reminded of the answer:

Do not put your trust in princes (rulers, politicians),

in mortal men, who cannot save.

When their spirit departs, they return to the ground;

on that very day their plans come to nothing.

Blessed (happy) is he whose help (and) …

whose hope is in the Lord his God,

the Maker of heaven and earth,

the sea and everything in them —

the Lord, who remains faithful forever.

–Psalm 146:3-6, NIV

I may only be one in billions, but I trust in the God who made the billions — who set us on a planet so precisely in our solar system that we do not freeze or burn — this God who filled our planet with creatures of variety and design which staggers the mind — this same God who promises:

Do not fear for I am with you;

Do not anxiously look about you,

for I am your God.

I will strengthen you,

surely I will help you,

Surely I will uphold you

with My righteous right hand.

–Isaiah 41:10, NASB

I may not be able to stop the raging flood of turmoil this world offers my grandson — but I can give him an anchor to hold onto — an anchor to give him peace and joy — in the midst of the storm.

As the writer of Hebrews 6:17-19 says: "God made an oath to keep his promises to us and it is impossible for God to lie — so that we may have strong encouragement, we who have fled for refuge in laying hold of the hope set before us. This hope we have as an anchor of the soul, a hope both sure and steadfast."
This same anchor is for you to hold on too!