Anchored by Faith in Jesus

"We must give the more earnest heed to the things we have heard, lest we drift away."  — Hebrews 2:1 

Max once lived on a leaky houseboat on the Miami River when a hurricane was bearing down on the Florida coast. Panicked, he bought rope — lots of it — and tied his boat to every tree and dock he could find. It looked like a spider's web. 

Then a seasoned sailor named Phil showed up. 'Tie her to land and you'll regret it,' he said. 'Anchor deep. Leave the rope slack. Let the boat move with the storm.' 

Max did. The boat survived. 

Hebrews 2 uses the same image. If we're not anchored by faith in what we know to be true about Jesus, we will drift — not usually all at once, but slowly, carried by whatever current is strongest. The busyness of life. The noise of culture. The voice that says God is distant, or uninterested, or that you're too far gone. 

Anchoring isn't dramatic. It's daily. It's reading one chapter of the Bible before you open your phone. It's a two-minute prayer on the way to work. It's coming back, again and again, to what is true about who Jesus is and what He's done. 

A 14-year-old named Kimberly discovered this when her Bible teacher assigned her to read one chapter of Acts a day. She didn't want to stop. So she read through the whole New Testament, one chapter at a time. 'Something inside me began to change,' she said. 'I began to love my family more... I began to know and love God.' 

One chapter. One day at a time. Anchored deep. 

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Reflect 

• What are the currents in your life that most pull you away from God — busyness, distraction, discouragement? 

• What is one small daily anchor you could put in place this week? 

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Prayer: Jesus, I don't want to drift. Anchor me in who You are. Help me make space — even just a few minutes each day — to come back to You. Amen.