Anchored to the Rock

Oswald W Brierly

What power can steady that

fluttering, wayward, agitated thing: a human heart?

The way to keep light articles fixed on deck
amidst rolling seas and howling winds
is to lash them to something fixed.

And the way to steady the heart is to bind it to God.

~ Alexander McLaren ~
Island View by Randy Van Beek

The following is one of my favourite hymns and explains
how my Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ is
my Anchor in every storm of life.

I pray that you would know Him too!

WE HAVE AN ANCHOR

Words: Priscilla J. Owens, 1882
Music: William J. Kirkpatrick

Will your anchor hold in the storms of life,
When the clouds unfold their wings of strife?
When the strong tides lift and the cables strain,
Will your anchor drift, or firm remain?

We have an anchor that keeps the soul
Steadfast and sure while the billows roll,
Fastened to the Rock which cannot move,
Grounded firm and deep in the Savior’s love.

It is safely moored, ’twill the storm withstand,
For ’tis well secured by the Savior’s hand;
And the cables, passed from His heart to mine,
Can defy that blast, thro’ strength divine.

We have an anchor that keeps the soul
Steadfast and sure while the billows roll,
Fastened to the Rock which cannot move,
Grounded firm and deep in the Savior’s love.

It will surely hold in the Straits of Fear—
When the breakers have told that the reef is near;
Though the tempest rave and the wild winds blow,
Not an angry wave shall our bark o’erflow.

We have an anchor that keeps the soul
Steadfast and sure while the billows roll,
Fastened to the Rock which cannot move,
Grounded firm and deep in the Savior’s love.

It will firmly hold in the Floods of Death—-
When the waters cold chill our latest breath,
On the rising tide it can never fail,
While our hopes abide within the Veil.

We have an anchor that keeps the soul
Steadfast and sure while the billows roll,
Fastened to the Rock which cannot move,
Grounded firm and deep in the Savior’s love.

When our eyes behold through the gath’ring night
The city of gold, our harbor bright,
We shall anchor fast by the heav’nly shore,
With the storms all past forevermore.

We have an anchor that keeps the soul
Steadfast and sure while the billows roll,
Fastened to the Rock which cannot move,
Grounded firm and deep in the Savior’s love.

Which hope we have as an anchor of the soul,
both sure and stedfast,
and which entereth into that within the veil;

~ Hebrews 6:19 ~

If you CLICK on the TITLE of the HYMN, you can listen to the tune courtesy of the Cyber Hymnal site.