One definition of the word “anchor” in Webster’s Dictionary is: "a person or thing that can be relied on for support, stability, or security; mainstay." This certainly describes the Lord Jesus, does it not? An anchor is the symbol of hope, and the Scriptures tell us Christ is our Hope. He does for the soul what an anchor does for a ship. Because our Anchor is both sure and steadfast, it enables us to out-ride the storms of life. No matter how severe the tempest, or wild the waves, or boisterous the winds, there is calm within the veil.
Therefore, our standing is unmovable; but our state may present us entirely different. We may be tossed to and fro with the tempest, but, like a buoy in a storm that appears to be movable on the surface, unseen to the naked eye, it is both “sure and steadfast” underneath the tempestuous storm. Our flesh may be weak, but our faith is strong. John Bunyan wrote, “Hope is never ill when faith is well.”
”Though the angry surges roll On my tempest-driven soul, I am peaceful, for I know, Wildly though the winds may blow, I’ve an anchor safe and sure, That can evermore endure.
And it holds, my anchor holds: Blow your wildest, then, O gale, On my bark so small and frail; By His grace I shall not fail, For my anchor holds, my anchor holds.”
article by an Aged Saint