A WORD IN SEASON TO THE WEARY
🌷🌷October 21🌷🌷
..an anchor of the soul,.. which entereth into that within the viel: Whither the forerunner is for us entered, even Jesus” (Heb. 6:19,20)
The apostle speaks of the Lord Jesus Christ as the anchor of our salvation in Hebrews chapter six, “Which hope we have as an anchor of the soul, both sure and stedfast, and which entereth into that within the veil” (Heb. 6:19) . Paul and his fellow passengers had to face a very furious storm in the sea on their way to Rome (Acts 27: 28,29). They were in danger of falling upon the hidden rocks. So they cast four anchors our of the stern to keep the ship steady. We too have to face many storms and temptations in our lives. At times the attacks of the enemy are very severe both within and without. In such situations the Lord Jesus Christ is our true anchor. He will never leave us nor forsake us. We have to say by faith, “Lord, You are my anchor.” Even in the most difficult situations we have to lay hold upon the Lord Jesus Christ, Who is our true anchor.
In Heb. 6:14 the Lord says, “Surely blessing I will bless thee, and multiplying I will multiply thee.” God used the storm to take Paul to the island of Melita to preach the Gospel there. The people of Melita had not heard the Gospel. Through Paul’s preaching many were born again there. They loaded Paul and the other people with all the necessary things when they were leaving for Rome. Thus we see that the storms of our lives are used by God to bring us to greater and multiplied blessings.
Many people are satisfied just with receiving forgiveness of their sins and have the hope of occupying some corner in heaven. But the Lord’s desire is that we should go on to perfection (Heb. 6:1,2). We must not remain babes spiritually but long to go on to perfection. We should not glory in our past experiences however wonderful they may have been. We must believe God’s Word fully, and with His strength and wisdom reach upto His standard.
The God of perfection has a great desire to bring us into His perfection by the intercessory ministry of our Lord Jesus Christ, Who is our everlasting and faithful High Priest (Heb. 7:11,25). All of us try to overcome our trials and temptations in our own strength. Then we realize how weak and feeble we are. To be able to overcome trials and temptations we have to appropriate the intercessory ministry of the Lord Jesus Christ on our behalf. He is our unchangeable, everlasting High Priest (Heb. 7:24). That means He is constantly interceding on our behalf knowing our weaknesses, trials and failures. But unless we take His ministry by faith it has no value for us. For example, just by saying that the Lord Jesus Christ died on the cross, we do not receive salvation. When we say by faith that He died on the cross even for me: He took my place; He bore my punishment and my judgment: then His sacrifice becomes effective in our lives. In the same way, we have to believe that He is everlasting, unchangeable High Priest, Who lives for ever to intercede on our behalf. If we appropriate by faith His death, burial and resurrection as our death, burial and resurrection and also His High Priestly ministry, we shall be helped. The very second we are defiled, we call upon Him and claim His intercessory ministry by faith.
