Anchor of the Soul

"When God desired to show more convincingly to the heirs of the promise the unchangeable character of his purpose, he guaranteed it with an oath, so that by two unchangeable things, in which it is impossible for God to lie, we who have fled for refuge might have strong encouragement to hold fast to the hope set before us. We have this as a sure and steadfast anchor of the soul, a hope that enters into the inner place behind the curtain where Jesus has gone as a forerunner on our behalf, having become a high preist forever by the order of Melchizedek." Hebrews 6:17-20

Lets hide this scripture in our hearts, come to it daily, dwell in it until the anchor forms in our souls, sure and steadfast, deep and true. Such a deep gospel we have been given. Such an intimate savior, venturing beyond the curtain, drawing us to himself. What would it mean to have our souls literally anchored, anchored sure and steadfast in the hope that God will keep his promise. That God will betroth himself to us, that we could literally live life in this truth. That as we drift to sleep at night the lingering thought is of this hope, that as we stir in the mornings a prayer rises in us as we rise to the day. Living with God. Living deep. Living slowly and deliberately. What if we opened our bibles with the entire day ahead of us, willing to dwell in His Word for hours because his Word will dwell deeply in us. What if we came into prayer quietly, willing to listen, taking all the time we need to still our hearts and our minds to rest in his Sovereignty. Later in Hebrews it says "he is able to save to the uttermost those who draw near to God through him, since he always lives to make intercession for them." To the uttermost. I don't know that I have ever drawn near enough to grasp being saved to the uttermost. We can draw near to God. Draw near to the brilliance and the intelligence and the divineness and holiness that he is. And we can't seem to pencil that in to our schedules. Where is our delight to come to Him? Where is our joy to share with people that we are drawing near to our Love? All the time people ask me what I'm doing and I say bible study because its east and acceptable but thats not what I 'm doing at all. And if it si then it shouldn't be. Because our God does not give us homework. He is not content with the fact that we reserve a small piece of our days for Him or that we go to social gatherings in his Name. Not because He is angry but because he desperately wants to be, really be, with us. Thats what I should say. I'm spending time with the love of my life. I'm in conversation with the Creator. I'm drawing near through Christ or letting God share with me our story-his story that he has written me into. I'm dancing with Jesus at the moment. What if I were to say that? More importantly, waht if I were to do that. Because something in me knows that if I were to really do that I would such satisfaction and delight in Him that I would no longer mind what they thought of me and my response but I would be far more hopeful that they join me. We have this as a sure and steadfast anchor of the soul. Lets just dwell in that. Breathe it. Taste it. Search for it in yourself.
Seriously, every time I begin to really go deep in Jesus I just want to cry. Its such a heart thing. Lets go back to ancient Christianity. To twelve guys and some odd girls sitting around wondering how to keep this man who changed each of them alive. To breaking bread and worshipping. Just singing to God because he is God and we are nothing and we want to sing to his love. To writing poetry for God, for letting the poetry he wrote and writes for us dissolve in our souls and penetrate the walls we build to keep our hearts safe. Let be like the psalmists who ached for God, who felt the water and the trees and the wind and found him there. Lets be like moses and come from the mountain with our faces shining. Lets be like Paul and write letters and pray hard and really  love our siblings in Christ. Lets be like Adam and Eve and experience the deep tragedy they, and we, being upon ourselves by demanding his throne. Lets be like Jesus and get on the cross. Many see the cross from afar, some come and kneel before, but so very few ever hear the whisper and the urgency to get on it. But those few will know Jesus most of all.

(p.s. I'm going to hike in mountains and hopefully know the Lord more deeply and have my soul anchored more in the hope, and I'll be back sunday so thats why I'm not blogging the rest of this week. Love you though.)