A Rope Called Hope

Consider a boat that is out on a lake in an area that is about ten foot deep. If the boaters decide to stop and rest, they would throw out an anchor. If the rope attached to their anchor was only ten-foot long, the boat would not be able to drift in any direction, because it has just enough rope to reach the bottom. But if they had a fifty-foot rope, the boat would be able to drift forty feet in whatever direction the wind blows it. If the anchor is not attached to the rope, once it’s thrown into the water, you can’t retrieve it.

When we accept Jesus as our Lord and Savior, we are throwing out our anchor in agreement to rest in His positioning. Hebrews 6:19 tells us that hope in God is an anchor for our soul. So, God is the anchor and the rope is hope. But remember the anchor has to be attached to the rope. The shorter our rope is, the nearer we stay to the Anchor, but if our rope is too long, we get blown in different directions, drifting father away from where we were originally anchored.

We can’t stay connected to God without hope. Hope makes tough times more bearable. Hope motivates us to live for today. Hope combats negative thoughts and helps us maintain our joy. But most of all, hope is contagious. In our surreal, 2020 COVID world, people are lacking hope. They’ve drifted too far away from their source of peace; they may have been disconnected altogether. But if they could see the hope in us, those who’ve clung to the Anchor in our time of need, maybe they could find a way to grab on to the rope too…the rope called hope.