Scripture

This hope is a strong and trustworthy anchor for our souls. It leads us through the curtain into God’s inner sanctuary.

Observation

God promised with an oath to bless Abraham with descendants beyond number. Abraham waited patiently to receive what God had promised.

When people take an oath, it is considered to be binding. So God bound himself with an oath so that the recipients of His promise can be sure that He will never change His mind.

We who have fled to God for refuge can have great confidence as we hold to the hope that lies before us. This hope is a strong anchor for our souls because it leads us into God’s presence.

Application

We use the word hope in a very weak sense – we hope things will happen without any great certainty or expectation that they will.

In the Bible, the word hope means a confident expectation based on God’s promise.

God has promised that everyone who calls on the name of Jesus will be saved. Because God is trustworthy and does not lie, we can be confident that we will go to heaven.

The promise and the hope are more than a future event. This hope leads us into the presence of God now. Jesus is with God, and we are with Jesus, so we are in God’s presence.

This is a hope that anchors the soul. I don’t have to be pushed to and fro by emotions or circumstances. No, my status with God is secure. He loves me and will not abandon me, ever.

I can walk with calm confidence in every situation, trusting in the power and grace of my heavenly Father.

Prayer

Thank you, Lord, for this strong hope that I have in you. You are my rock and my shield. Amen.