Hebrews 6:13-20 talks of hope being an anchor for our soul. The reason we can have this solid anchor is because of the faithfulness of God. The God who makes promises to us is not fickle or fallible, frail or futile. We can look back at the many promises He has made (such as giving a son to Abraham and his wife, Sarah when they were old and unable to have children) and see that God’s promises are certain and unchangeable. This gives us great encouragement to hold on to God’s promises to us.
Biblical hope is more than cheerful optimism and longer-lasting than a grim-faced attitude of endurance. Sally Welch says, ‘it is a steady attitude of joyful certainty that the endgame has already been played and we are all winners.’ (‘Sharing The Easter Story,’ P 98) Instead of focussing on the times when someone has perhaps made a promise to us and then broken it, we can have hope as an anchor for our soul, keeping us tethered to God in the fiercest of storms.
