WILL YOUR ANCHOR HOLD IN THE STORM OF LIFE?

WILL YOUR ANCHOR HOLD IN THE STORM OF LIFE?

So I was meditating on Proverbs 12:25 “Anxiety in a man’s heart weighs him down, but a good word makes him glad.” Then God asked me “will your anchor hold in the storms of life?”. I just started singing the song. Funny enough that’s that only line I know from the song. It then hit me and I started thinking about it so much. “Will my anchor hold in the storms of life?” Okay “anchor”, “storms”, “life”. We know what anchors are right? 

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Anchors are found on ships and its purpose is to prevent the ship for drifting off due to wind. So then the question “what does this mean” happened. Do we need something to prevent us from drifting? Then I started thinking “Sarah do you have your anchor to hold you through life? What keeps you from not drifting? What keeps you from not breaking down in hard times? What keeps you going each day?” Let’s take a moment to reflect on that. 

I ended up with the answer that my anchor is heaven, God, His word, my family and friends. How do these things hold me from falling? Anytime I have the thought “why are you trying so hard to believe there is a God? Why are you giving up all these things and focusing on God? The answer is “I’m trying to make it to heaven”. I know that there is heaven and I believe it and I’m doing what I’m doing because I don’t want to miss the chance of getting to heaven. People don’t believe there is heaven but Revelation 7:15-17 describes how there are only peace, joy and praises in Heaven. I am very curious to see this heaven so the thought of that anchors me. I believe in God because I have heard and seen His goodness, and I have faith that He can do more, so that also keeps me from drifting. Let’s say your boss had promised you a promotion and all of a sudden you are going around talking about him and being rude to him and all, I doubt he will still want to give you that promotion. That is how I see it. If God has promised me all of these great things, would I want to play about and lose it? Nope. That is what anchors me. His word. His promises. 

If you know me, you know my family and friends means a lot to me. They play an anchoring part in my life with their words of encouragement and their love. We all need someone sort of anchor in our words. Yours can also be your family, friends, colleagues, neighbours, church members, anyone. Because the storms of life are real. We all know how storms are. Storms are violent and they can ruin a lot of things. Be prepared for that storm by getting your anchor ready.  

Prayer: God, you are our father and we know you will never forsake us. God as the storms of life is approaching daily, help us in setting our anchors right and straight. May no storms drift us away from your word. May our feet be set firm on the ground in Jesus name, amen. 

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So today’s word is from Kojo Kwarteng. You know when your siblings have friends and then they end up becoming a good friend of the family, and then both families become cool with each other, that’s the story behind Kojo’s family and mine. This guy is always there to support me and to let me know that God is real and that He loves me. Today, his message is to encourage and strengthen us. He titled it:

“God cares about you”

Sometimes we reduce our expectations to avoid disappointments and heartbreaks. It's true that no pain gets through the door when you shut down emotionally, but no joy comes through either.

When our heart is clogged, it prevents the best God wants for us to come through. To unclog our heart we must learn to open up to God through worship.

We can be intellectually sound, astute and skilful, but still be an emotional basket case. We can be broken in places that has nothing to do with our spirituality.

Our heart is the seat of our affections and feelings. And the beautiful thing about God is that He truly cares about our feelings. Don’t complain about the dark times, they’re leading you to the amazing things God has in store for you. You may not understand it, but God wouldn’t have allowed it if He wasn’t going to use it to your advantage. Many of us have quit believing in God because we think nobody cares about how we feel, but there is no one that cares about us like God! The first thing that goes on trial when we're down is God's love for us. Know that God feels what you feel and He cares a lot about you. 

Ask God to teach you to guard your heart from the things that are displeasing to Him and fill it up with the things that are pure, noble and praiseworthy. And declare that you have everything that you need for life and godliness as you become fully-grown in the Lord, to the point of being filled full with Christ. 

Prayer: God we thank you today. We thank you for using Kojo to tell us how much you care for us. Lord in times where we feel like no one cares for us or loves us, remind us of this. When we are going through problems and we don’t understand, give us the strength to understand and know that there is a bigger picture ahead. We thank you, we bless your name, amen. 

Appreciation to Kojo: Thank you so much for sharing this word. May God bless you and your family. May all you desire come to pass. May God continue to use you for His greatness and may His will be done in your life. Keep being the amazing person that you are.

Testimony: I just want to thank God for His love and grace and for his protection. With everything going on, we are fortunate to be alive today so praise be to you, Lord.