A Sure and Steadfast Anchor

One of our theme verses right now is Hebrews 6:18b-20, "We who have fled for refuge might have strong encouragement to hold fast to the hope set before us.  We have this as a sure and steadfast anchor of the soul, a hope that enters into the inner place behind the curtain, where Jesus has gone as a forerunner on our behalf, having become a high priest forever after the order of Melchizedek."

Susan gave me the book A Godward Life by John Piper (a collection of meditations) on Sunday and said it has been an encouragement to her in the past.  I was looking through it today and found a great one on those Hebrews verses...

"So the anchor of our soul is the absolutely certain hope of eternal joy with God which Jesus has secured by his priestly work in the holy of holies."

"The anchor is secure at both ends.  Yes, we must hold fast to the anchor, but the good news is that our holding fast was secured by the blood of Jesus.  We know this because the blood of Jesus is the blood of the new covenant, and what the new covenant promised was that God would secure our salvation at the top and the bottom.  The new covenant promised that God would not only forgive and accept those who love him (Jeremiah 31:34), but also that he would see to it that we love him (Deuteronomy 30:6), walk in his statutes (Ezeziel 36:27), and fear him and not turn away from him (Jeremiah 32:40)."

"The anchor is bound in heaven and secured in my soul.  The rope does not dangle in my face and lie limp across the deck of my soul.  God, by his Holy Spirit, takes up the rope and ties it to the little ship of my weak and vulnerable soul with unbreakable, sovereign covenant love.  This was promised in the new covenant and purchased by the blood of Jesus."