Anchored in the Rock

 

“Truly my soul finds rest in God; my salvation comes from him.”

—Psalm 62:1

As a teenager, I was one of a five-member gospel singing team. We traveled to churches in a 50-mile radius, sang, and gave words of testimony.

When we were searching for a name, I remembered that I had picked up some bright read pins at an evangelistic meeting that I had attended. These pins had the words "Anchored in Christ" written across the red-colored pin in black lettering. So, we became the "Anchored in Christ Quintet." And we each wore one of these distinctive pins in the lapel of our sport coats.

I even wrote a theme song for the group, which my then girlfriend—now my wife—very reluctantly, but patiently, harmonized—reluctantly because she thought the tune I had created was such awful music. Fortunately, no audio recording of that tune has survived the intervening 50 years. But I think I remember the words:

We’re anchored in Christ
the victory is won.
Jesus is ours
our sins are undone.
Someday He's coming
what glories we'll see.
We’re anchored in Jesus
’tis plain to see.

Looking at those words from the viewpoint of a half-century down the timeline of life, I spy a certain arrogance of my foolish youth popping through in the last line. Although one certainly should hope and pray that one’s life plainly shows the Presence of the Living Christ to whom one is firmly anchored.

You see, it really is all about Jesus. He is the Rock to which we must anchor our lives. The Psalmist testified to this very fact in Psalm 62:1-2:

Truly my soul finds rest in God; my salvation comes from him. Truly he is my rock and my salvation; he is my fortress, I will never be shaken.

Let us anchor our lives this day by connecting fully and deeply to our Savior and by allowing Him absolute control over our hearts, minds, souls, and bodies.

 

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