About 16 years ago, I lost my favorite sister in law. She died after a very brief illness. Her death devastated the entire family. But her senior sister was most devastated because of their closeness and the support she was receiving from my late sister. When the news of her junior sister’s death was broken to her, my elderly sister in-law screamed in agony and jumped herself down on the floor. People came around to hold and comfort her. She started to cry: “ my helper has gone. . . my encourager and anchor has departed. . . who will comfort and encourage me?. . . “
When you think of an anchor, you usually picture the heavy object that’s tied to a ship that keeps it secure to the bottom of the sea. An anchor is something or could be someone that provides a firm foundation and security.
Human beings are created with a deep need for an anchor. In meeting that need, some make objects or other human beings their anchor. People amass wealth so as to have financial security. Some others erroneously believe that material possessions would provide them the security they need but they soon realize how fleeting possessions are – they have wings and can fly away. On the other hand, human beings are like grass, here today and gone tomorrow ( like the death of my late sister in law).
You and I were created to live in relationship with our Creator. He is the only sure anchor:
“We have this certain hope like a strong, unbreakable anchor holding our souls to God himself. Our anchor of hope is fastened to the mercy seat which sits in the heavenly realm beyond the sacred threshold,”
Hebrews 6:19 TPT
You may be knowledgeable in many disciplines, yet you have to keep learning otherwise you become obsolete, therefore knowledge cannot be your anchor. Relationships suffer betrayal and disappointment especially when you least expect it. Particularly, from people close to you.
Like in the case of my late sister in-law, when a relationship terminates either due to death, betrayal or other compelling circumstances, it becomes clear that a lack of real anchor could be more devastating than the agony of losing a loved one. Mental breakdown has been experienced by some people simply because their significant others betray their trust, some for similar reasons have committed suicide or have become suicidal.
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