Unshakable Hope

For people swear by something greater than themselves, and in all their disputes an oath is final for confirmation. So when God desired to show more convincingly to the heirs of the promise the unchangeable character of his purpose, he guaranteed it with an oath, so that by two unchangeable things, in which it is impossible for God to lie, we who have fled for refuge might have strong encouragement to hold fast to the hope set before us. We have this as a sure and steadfast anchor of the soul, a hope that enters into the inner place behind the curtain, where Jesus has gone as a forerunner on our behalf, having become a high priest forever after the order of Melchizedek. (Hebrews 6:16-20 ESV).

One of the greatest hymns of faith was written in 1834 by Edward Mote and put to music by William B. Bradbury in 1863. “On Christ the Solid Rock” has been a staple of Christian hymnals for many years. The lyrics are:

"My hope is built on nothing less,
Than Jesus Blood and Righteousness.
I shall not trust the sweetest frame,
But wholly lean on Jesus Name."
"On Christ the Solid Rock I stand,
All other ground is sinking sand,
All other ground is sinking sand."

It is amazing what we place our confidence in these days. We hope that a ton of metal can maneuver safely on a fourteen-foot strip of pavement at speeds many times faster than we can walk. We hope that a small plastic card will negotiate an agreement with a stubby metal box and convince the box to hand over hundreds of dollars any time of the day or night. We hope that a network of very loosely organized computers, chained together by marginally reliable phone lines, will deliver important messages to those we love, halfway around the world. Speaking of computers, one of the greatest tools the computer has to offer is the Spell Checker. I am very grateful for the Spell Checker. It haze the ability to look threw a litter and sea if their wood bee even won wrong world. Over the year, i half groan so confident with this suspect of the program, that I know longer knead to proof text me work. The niece think is the security I fill end knowing that the Spill Kicker will ever flail me nor lead me drown!

And the nice thing is that all of the examples work, most of the time. It is the times when the email gets lost, the Money Machine is down, or the car careens out of control, that we begin to understand why we need a solid, secure Place in which to trust the safety of our very lives. We live in a world of "almosts." It is almost perfect, it is almost flawless, and it almost always works as planned. Almost! Thank God that we don’t need to worry about His faithfulness being one of those “almosts”! He is a “Solid Rock,” the Anchor of our soul”! He is our unshakable Hope! Trust in Him today!