The Need for Anchors

We need anchors. Anchors are critically important. A ship without an anchor can not only damage itself, but can do great harm to other things as well.

Our nation needs anchors. We need the anchors of freedom and fundamental faith in God. We also need anchors like our Constitution, interpreted as intended by our Founding Fathers. We need the anchors of capitalism and the free market system. Without these kinds of anchors, we drift. We drift toward moral decay. We drift toward socialism and worse. It seems we're no longer "drifting" in these directions, it's full steam ahead.

Ultimately of much greater importance, we need anchors as human beings. One foundational anchor we need is the Bible, God's holy word. When we get away from the Bible and begin to make decisions based on what we think is best, we're headed for destruction. Proverbs 16:25 (ESV) says, There is a way that seems right to a man, but its end is the way to death. God's word is our anchor. It is our final authority in all matters of faith and practice. It is truth without any mixture of error. It is God's living and active word, speaking to every situation directly or in principle.

May we keep ourselves bound to the anchor of God's word. Read it. Study it. Live by it.