Anchor your Hope!

Job 27

Good morning! This is Pastor Jerry Ingalls from New Castle First Baptist Church and today is Monday, February 13.

My superpower is hope! Once-upon-a-time, I went through a dark season of my soul because I had lost hope, and without hope I went adrift during that stormy season. I learned from that experience that I needed to secure my hope to the finished work of Jesus Christ because hope is “an anchor of the soul” (Hebrews 6:19a).

Job continued his speech by discussing the state of the godless. He contrasted his own life with that of a godless person in Job 27:8, “For what is the hope of the godless when he is cut off, when God requires his life?” The implied answer is that the godless person has no hope in God; therefore, they are cut off, without an anchor! But there is more to hope than wishful thinking for favorable outcomes in our lives. This is emphasized by Job in verse 14, when he further described the fate of a godless person, “Though his sons are many, they are destined for the sword.” From an outside perspective that’s what happened to Job’s children as they were all killed (Job 1:18-19), but Job did not curse God and become hopeless in the face of his life’s circumstances. Job never lost his faith.

Hope is the certainty of our faith in God, and that He will keep His promises, regardless of our present circumstances. It’s not faith in ourselves, in other people, or even in our circumstances. As Paul said in 1 Corinthians 15:19, “If we have hoped in Christ in this life only, we are of all men most to be pitied.” Job’s hope was secure, even when his life was in shambles, because his hope was anchored to his faith in God, as he said in Job 19:25, “I  know that my Redeemer lives.”

Seize the moment and anchor your hope by putting your faith in Jesus Christ; He is the resurrection and the life (John 11:25-26)!

God bless you!

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