LBW 152, “Look, Now He Stands!”
Devotion
We join together each Sunday to celebrate that the stone, which sealed the life and love of God, has been rolled away; that our hopes are alive in the resurrection of Jesus.
Hebrews 6:19 speaks of this hope as an “anchor for the soul.” In the midst of our losses and let-downs, we can anchor our souls with divine strength. “Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ! By his great mercy he has given us a new birth into a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead, and into an inheritance that is imperishable, undefiled and unfading” (1 Peter 1:3-4). God’s living Son is our living hope!
In the resurrection of Jesus, God embedded in the earth an anchor of hope sturdy enough to withstand any of life’s hurricanes. God’s living son is our living hope!
Prayer
Dear God, thank you for your incredible love and mercy. Jesus, you are my anchor of hope. Amen.