God is not a man, that He should lie, nor a son of man, that He should repent. Has He said, and will He not do? Or has He spoken, and will He not make it good?
Numbers 23:19
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While boat anchors have been in use since several thousand years before the birth of Christ, they always had one problem: Given strong waves, wind, and tide, they can move. And a moving anchor is a useless anchor. That's why, in due course, a permanent anchor was developed called a mooring. A mooring could be a dock attached to dry land, or a system of anchors sunk in the seabed such as those that hold modern oil platforms in place.
Hebrews 6:13-20
Had the word "mooring" been in play in the first century, it likely would have been used in Hebrews 6:19: "This hope we have as an anchor of the soul, both sure and steadfast." How do we know mooring would have been used? Because the anchor under discussion is "sure and steadfast"—that is, permanent and immovable. The hope referred to is the hope we have in Christ, the hope promised by our God who cannot lie, the hope that is a permanent mooring for our soul.
Have you felt adrift lately? The pressures of the winds and waves of life may be stressing your rope of hope. Remember: God is a permanent anchor, unmoved by anything. Get reconnected today.
Nothing binds me to my Lord like a strong belief in His changeless love.
C. H. Spurgeon
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