Acts 27:29-31
29 Fearing that we would be dashed against the rocks, they dropped four anchors from the stern and prayed for daylight. 30 In an attempt to escape from the ship, the sailors let the lifeboat down into the sea, pretending they were going to lower some anchors from the bow. 31 Then Paul said to the centurion and the soldiers, “Unless these men stay with the ship, you cannot be saved.”
An anchor holds a ship firmly to one place when winds and currents would otherwise move it, so God has given us certain Truths which are intended to hold our minds fast to the truth of God’s Word and to Himself.
An anchor is a device normally made of metal, that is used to connect a vessel to the bed of a body of water to prevent the craft from drifting due to wind or current. Here are a few anchors that are still used today.
HOOKING ANCHORS. Most anchors achieve holding power by "hooking" into the seabed. There are many designs to accomplish this.
SHEER MASS ANCHORS. Another method of connecting a ship to the seabed is by sheer mass, that is, by the weight of the anchor itself. These anchors can either be temporary or permanent.
A SEA ANCHOR is a device used to stabilize a boat in heavy weather. Rather than tethering the boat to the seabed, the sea anchor increases the drag through the water and thus acts as a brake.
We are living in a day when Christianity is not growing like it should. Largely the reason is that too many of God's people are stalled out somewhere in the midst of a storm.
They have allowed the storms of life to move in and take over their onward course of the Christian life; therefore, defeat has overtaken them, and they have no real shipping lane or navigational plan to go on in living for Christ.
Apostle Paul was being taken captive to Rome where he would eventually die. But he went through many storms along the way as he journeyed toward the end of his life.
In this very popular portion of Scripture, there are four anchors that will keep your Christian life on course until you land safely on the other shore.
As we proceed with the blog this week, we will discuss these four anchors. Today I leave you with the story of John Stam, a story of hope retold. In 1934, twenty-eight-year-old John Stam, a missionary to China, was being led away to execution by the communists with his wife Betty. Someone on the road asked, “Where are you going?” John laid hold on the hope set before him and said, “We are going to heaven.”
 | Action Step: Have you set your course on true north? Heaven? Need a new GPS (God’s Positional System)? Praying that you and your family are safely aboard a lifeboat and make it to your final destination. |
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