Have you ever been on a ship during a storm? The ship will be rocking and rolling, tossing about, and even be at risk of capsizing. The captain of a ship can drop the anchor during a storm to secure the ship and prevent that from happening.
When a storm is brewing in your life—when things are happening that are causing distress, discouragement and harm—it’s important to have an anchor. That anchor is God’s faithfulness. You can be anchored, tethered to God and His faithfulness, and survive the storms in your life.
1 Corinthians 10:13 says, “[No temptation or trial has come to you that is beyond human resistance and that is not adjusted and adapted and belonging to human experience, and such as man can bear]. But God is faithful [to His Word and to his compassionate nature]…He will [always] also provide the way out” (AMPC). God is faithful to His Word and His compassionate nature! These 10 Scriptures To Anchor You to God’s Faithfulness will get you out of any storm brewing in your life.
God Is Faithful to His Word
- “God is not a man, so he does not lie. He is not human, so he does not change his mind. Has he ever spoken and failed to act? Has he ever promised and not carried it through?” (Numbers 23:19).
- “Not a single one of all the good promises the LORD had given to the family of Israel was left unfulfilled; everything he had spoken came true” (Joshua 21:45).
- “Praise the LORD who has given rest to his people Israel, just as he promised. Not one word has failed of all the wonderful promises he gave through his servant Moses” (1 Kings 8:56).
- “The rain and snow come down from the heavens and stay on the ground to water the earth. They cause the grain to grow, producing seed for the farmer and bread for the hungry. It is the same with my word. I send it out, and it always produces fruit.
It will accomplish all I want it to, and it will prosper everywhere I send it. You will live in joy and peace…” (Isaiah 55:10-12). - “Now you have every spiritual gift you need as you eagerly wait for the return of our Lord Jesus Christ. He will keep you strong to the end so that you will be free from all blame on the day when our Lord Jesus Christ returns. God will do this, for he is faithful to do what he says, and he has invited you into partnership with his Son, Jesus Christ our Lord” (1 Corinthians 1:7-9).
God Is Faithful to His Compassionate Nature
- “The LORD passed in front of Moses, calling out, ‘Yahweh! The LORD! The God of compassion and mercy! I am slow to anger and filled with unfailing love and faithfulness’” (Exodus 34:5-6).
- “We know how much God loves us, and we have put our trust in his love. God is love, and all who live in love live in God, and God lives in them. And as we live in God, our love grows more perfect. So we will not be afraid on the day of judgment, but we can face him with confidence because we live like Jesus here in this world” (1 John 4:16-17).
- “Love [God] never gives up, never loses faith, is always hopeful, and endures through every circumstance. Prophecy and speaking in unknown languages and special knowledge will become useless. But love [God] will last forever!… Three things will last forever—faith, hope, and love [God]—and the greatest of these is love [God]” (1 Corinthians 13:7-8, 13).
- “The Lord replied, ‘I will make all my goodness pass before you, and I will call out my name, Yahweh, before you. For I will show mercy to anyone I choose, and I will show compassion to anyone I choose’” (Exodus 33:19).
- “So he complained to the LORD about it: ‘Didn’t I say before I left home that you would do this, LORD? That is why I ran away to Tarshish! I knew that you are a merciful and compassionate God, slow to get angry and filled with unfailing love. You are eager to turn back from destroying people’” (Jonah 4:2).
You can come out of the storms of life unscathed by believing these 10 Scriptures To Anchor You to God’s Faithfulness. As you anchor your life to God’s faithfulness, you’ll watch the dark clouds of distress and discouragement just roll away!
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