Hebrews 6:19-20
Ever washed out of anything?
It's a funny term, isn't it? "Wash out". It can mean to clean, to disinfect, to sanitize. To make a dish safe for eating out of. It can mean that, but not when we use it about ourselves.
Wash out means to fail, to give up, to lose badly.
It's a strangely appropriate phrase when we talk about people that have lost all hope: we sometimes say that desperate people have washed out of life.
But hope is a powerful thing. Many hopeful patients fight off terminal diseases, overcome impossible odds for survival, and shock doctors with their regenerative abilities; while patients that give up often languish and die quickly. Hope has the power to transform our lives.
In this verse, the author of Hebrews says that we have a hope that is an anchor, firm and secure.
Okay, I'll tell you one of my pet peeves: I hate being disappointed. Don't you, though? You're counting on something to happen or for somebody to come through for you, and then it just doesn't work out.
I hate that!
But the hope that he's talking about here in Hebrews, this is the kind of hope that won't let you down--it's not going to fall through at the last minute. That's why the author calls it an anchor: because it's going to stay there, and nothing is going to move it or break it or invalidate it.
This is our hope in Christ: it's an immovable object. We can put down our anchor in a storm, and the storm may blow us around and soak us and leave us gasping for breath, but it's not going to move us because our anchor will keep us from drifting off course.
It'll keep us from washing out, you see. Hope is what helps us to get out of bed in the morning when the only thing we have to look forward to is a miserable day. Hope is what keeps us from giving up when we've lost everything else.
This is what we gain in Christ: we gain hope that will not fail us when we need it the most. Our get-rich-quick schemes, our well-laid plans, our mutual funds and IRAs may disappoint us, but this will not: Christ died for us, and He negotiates with God on our behalf, and He loves us.
And that's something we can take to the bank.
It's a funny term, isn't it? "Wash out". It can mean to clean, to disinfect, to sanitize. To make a dish safe for eating out of. It can mean that, but not when we use it about ourselves.
Wash out means to fail, to give up, to lose badly.
It's a strangely appropriate phrase when we talk about people that have lost all hope: we sometimes say that desperate people have washed out of life.
But hope is a powerful thing. Many hopeful patients fight off terminal diseases, overcome impossible odds for survival, and shock doctors with their regenerative abilities; while patients that give up often languish and die quickly. Hope has the power to transform our lives.
In this verse, the author of Hebrews says that we have a hope that is an anchor, firm and secure.
Okay, I'll tell you one of my pet peeves: I hate being disappointed. Don't you, though? You're counting on something to happen or for somebody to come through for you, and then it just doesn't work out.
I hate that!
But the hope that he's talking about here in Hebrews, this is the kind of hope that won't let you down--it's not going to fall through at the last minute. That's why the author calls it an anchor: because it's going to stay there, and nothing is going to move it or break it or invalidate it.
This is our hope in Christ: it's an immovable object. We can put down our anchor in a storm, and the storm may blow us around and soak us and leave us gasping for breath, but it's not going to move us because our anchor will keep us from drifting off course.
It'll keep us from washing out, you see. Hope is what helps us to get out of bed in the morning when the only thing we have to look forward to is a miserable day. Hope is what keeps us from giving up when we've lost everything else.
This is what we gain in Christ: we gain hope that will not fail us when we need it the most. Our get-rich-quick schemes, our well-laid plans, our mutual funds and IRAs may disappoint us, but this will not: Christ died for us, and He negotiates with God on our behalf, and He loves us.
And that's something we can take to the bank.
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