Using the Anchor

This hope is like a firm and steady anchor for our souls. In fact, hope reaches behind the curtain and into the most holy place.

Do you know how to use the anchor? There are few things you can do with your anchor to help alleviate the stresses you are carrying. First, develop new habits. Make lifestyle changes. Anxiety is physiological and psychological, yet it also comes from a spiritual root. That being said, it affects our body. Ask yourself if your lifestyle is conducive for life. Is your schedule packed all the time? Do you constantly eat food that is unhealthy? Are you exercising? Do you sleep enough hours? Make lifestyle changes that will help you grow in your faith not in your fears.

Secondly, find good counseling and friendships. There’s a proverb that says, “Anxiety weighs down the heart, but a kind word cheers it up.” Ask your church for counseling. Get involved in a Bible study. Connect with people that will encourage you. There is nothing wrong with needing counseling. Anybody in a high level of leadership is going to have to talk to someone at some point. Anybody can need therapy. 

Lastly, process the season with your heart. Heart work is soul work. Allow God to work in your heart. The truth is that if you do not allow Him to work in your heart, you will stuff it with anxiety. Eventually all that stress will leak and affect the relationships around you.

Let’s take anxiety as an opportunity to grow our faith, so that we can rise up, minister to others, and walk in strength with Him. The strength is not your will power, but God’s power through you.