The Anchor

Why is our radio broadcast called "Anchored Deep"?

Growing up on the beach in Southern California, I had many experiences with the ocean. When I consider the ocean many images come to mind, but of those images, two are waves and currents.

I remember often going into the water from the beach at one place and 20 minutes later I find myself in a different place because of the current. I also remember the many times I would go snorkeling to explore the world under the waves as the water flowed back and forth in an almost hypnotic way as the long sea grasses would sway back and forth. That watery atmosphere influenced me greatly when in the water. One time I specifically remember (having been snorkeling for well over an hour) I had tremendous difficulty getting out of the water. My equilibrium had given itself to the sway of the waves and when coming out of the waves I staggered as a drunkard.

In this world we live in, it is easy to be swayed by its atmosphere and become disoriented or even to begin to drift. This is where the image of the anchor comes in for the anchor lodges itself under the edge of a rock and as long as that rock doesn't move and drift, neither does the boat that is anchored to it.

The Bible tells us that we have an anchor to our souls. In Hebrews 6:19, we read that our faith in Christ is an anchor that holds within the veil (within the presence of God). Jesus is a sure and steadfast rock, and when our faith is in Him, the swells and currents of this world may pull on our faith, but they cannot dislodge it from the object of our faith (Jesus). Curiously, our anchor as Christians does not go down but up. We are not anchored to this world, but to heaven!

God's Word, which is all about Jesus, declares the strength of that Rock to whom we are anchored. That is why we call the broadcast Anchored Deep. It is God's word that strengthens our trust in that rock which shall not be moved.

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