“I’VE ANCHORED MY SOUL TO THE HAVEN OF REST.”
Let me start this teaching with these question:
Is your soul anchored to the Haven of rest?
Are you resting in Jesus and his promises?
Are you yet in turmoil in this natural and spiritual life?
If the answer to the above questions is no, I am not anchored or yes, I am in turmoil in this life, tormented of my past and feel depressed all of the time:
Let’s look at the lyrics of the song, I’ve Anchored my soul in the Haven of Rest!
I’ve anchored my soul to the haven of rest by Henry L. Gilmour and George D. Moore
Subject: Rest; Salvation
Scripture: Psalms 107:29-30 --- Verse 29 --- He maketh the storm a calm, so that the waves thereof are still.
Verse 30 --- Then are they glad because they be quiet; so, he bringeth them unto their desired haven.
Verse 1 --- My soul in sad exile was out on life’s sea, so burdened with sin and distressed, Till I heard a sweet voice, saying, “Make Me your choice”’ And I entered the “Haven of Rest.”!
Refrain: --- I’ve anchored my soul in the “Haven of Rest,” I’ll sail the wide seas no more; The tempest may sweep over wild, stormy, deep, In Jesus I’m safe evermore.
Verse 2 --- I yielded myself to His tender embrace, In faith taking hold of the word, My fetters fell off, and I anchored my soul; The “Haven of Rest” is my Lord.
Verse 3 --- The song of my soul, since the lord made me whole, Has been the old story so blest, Of Jesus, who’ll save whosoever will have A home in the “Haven of Rest.”
Verse 4 --- How precious the thought that we all may recline, Like John, the beloved so blest, On Jesus’ strong arm, where no tempest can harm, Secure in the “Haven of Rest.”
Verse 5 --- Oh, come to the Savior, He patiently waits To save by His power divine; Come, anchor your soul in the “Haven of rest,” And say, “ My beloved is mine.”
Let me start this teaching with these question:
Is your soul anchored to the Haven of rest?
Are you resting in Jesus and his promises?
Are you yet in turmoil in this natural and spiritual life?
If the answer to the above questions is no, I am not anchored or yes, I am in turmoil in this life, tormented of my past and feel depressed all of the time:
We all have had times where we were in turmoil and did not know what to do, we got frustrated because things were not going as well as they should.
We started to blame our families, our friends and our co-workers for the problems, when we should have just entered the haven of Rest:
There is peace in Jesus and there we are safe. There is another song saying, “There is peace in the valley for me!”
Many times, in my life, I got discouraged and felt that no one loved me, that no one cared about me: I felt like I was not a part of anyone’s life and wandered why I was here and what my purpose was.
It wasn’t until I got into the scriptures and found out that God loved me beyond my imagination: That his love for me was so strong, that nothing I could do or had done would remove me from that love:
The sad thing of this all, is I sat in many of church services and never heard that God loved me, and he loved me regardless of what I had done.
It is sad that a lot of ministers do not teach scripture but teach feelings instead. They believed in their feelings so much, they taught us how to live according to our feelings.
Wrong teaching! We are to live according to the word of God and feelings are nowhere to be found.
Take the woman in the bible, that had the issue of blood! If she acted on her feelings and said, woah is me: I am no good to no one, I am not allowed out in the public because of this issue of blood, so I guess I will just lay here until I die!
What would have happened, she would have died with that disease! We would not be able to read about her healing in the word of God!
No, she heard of Jesus! Let me say that again, She HEARD of Jesus! What did she hear? She heard that Jesus went about doing good and healing the sick!
The scripture says in Luke 8: 43-48 ---And a woman having an issue of blood twelve years, which had spent all her living upon physicians, neither could be healed of any, 44 Came behind him, and touched the border of his garment: and immediately her issue of blood stanched. 45 And Jesus said, Who touched me? When all denied, Peter and they that were with him said, Master, the multitude throng thee and press thee, and sayest thou, Who touched me? 46 And Jesus said, Somebody hath touched me: for I perceive that virtue is gone out of me. 47 And when the woman saw that she was not hid, she came trembling, and falling down before him, she declared unto him before all the people for what cause she had touched him, and how she was healed immediately. 48 And he said unto her, Daughter, be of good comfort: thy faith hath made thee whole; go in peace.
Do you see the words woah is me anywhere in that story? No, she told the truth, she stepped out in faith knowing she was not supposed to be in public according to law at that time!
She took a big step of faith and sometimes we in this life now, must do as this woman did back then and take a step of faith.
Going around, saying woah is me, I am no use to anyone, I might as well lay down and die! No, no, no, if this woman would have said that, we would not be reading about her healing, we would have heard about her obituary instead.
What exactly do you want?
1) Lay around and feel sorry for yourself or
2) Take a step of faith and step out on the limb as to say, and receive your healing, or your desires of your heart as she did:
REMEMBER: JESUS IS LORD!
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