“This hope we have as an anchor of the soul, a hope both sure and reliable and one which enters within the veil, where Jesus has entered as a forerunner for us..” Hebrews 6:19-20a
Sisters in Christ,
We’re halfway through the year, and it’s a great time to take an inventory of the first 6 months of 2022. How many new habits or continued resolutions are we holding on to? How’s our Bible in a year plan going and how many victories have we had so far? How many prayers have you seen answered, and how many times has God proven Himself faithful in just this first half of the year?
It can be so hard in the day-to-day routines of life to stop and see how God has been so faithfully moving around us. We may notice His faithfulness in hearing our children singing songs of praise on their own, realizing a friend has been healed and is feeling better, or seeing that person we’ve been praying for and reaching out to actually wants to hear more about this Jesus who can change lives. Sometimes the people and the things we’ve been praying for can become drenched in the darkness of needs and hurts, and these prayer requests may be heavy enough to bog us down into disappointment or complacency of stagnation. Dear sisters, I pray that we would stop even now and think back to the times God has shown His steadfast love, sometimes answering our prayers in ways that we could never expect.
In Hebrews 6:13 we see God’s faithfulness in making and keeping His promise to Abraham and then in verse 15 we see that Abraham patiently waited, and obtained that promise. Abraham waited for years through barrenness, land struggles, family dramas, political issues, and many things that could bring despair and discontent, but he patiently waited on the Lord to be faithful to His word and His promise. Abraham was anchored in his hope of God’s faithfulness, and even on that side of the Cross, Abraham trusted that God would not lie (Heb 6:18) and that he could take refuge and have strong encouragement to hold on to the hope of God’s faithfulness.
Today, we know that God’s faithfulness is shown so perfectly in Jesus Christ, through His sacrifice and victory on the Cross. He paid the penalties for our sins and defeated death and the holds of the enemy, and this Jesus has gone before God the Father on our behalf beyond the veil (Heb 6:19). Let us hold fast to this Hope of Jesus and His faithfulness on our behalf, being strongly encouraged in our walks and prayer-lives that as He is our anchor, we will not be moved or shaken, but will see God’s promises fulfilled and hope assured.
Looking to Jesus,
Jaime Angel