2020

Come as You Are

The Kedge Anchor

My soul, wait in silence for God only, For my hope is from Him.

Psalm 62:5

Come and rest as you are. It’s an invitation from God. “Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you and learn from me, for I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. For my yoke is easy and my burden is light.” Matthew 11: 28-30 (NIV)

When we receive an invitation, be it through mail, email, text or social media, which seems to be the norm in this digital age, we usually react with joy. (Ok admit it, you’ve rolled your eyes at some invitations and didn’t want to go. We have all been there.) However, regardless of your reaction, you’ve made the decision to go and that usually involves some kind of planning, rearranging schedules, time conflicts, maybe a shopping trip for a gift or a new outfit depending on the occasion. We wonder who else will be there, is there a car pool, maybe it involves baking or cooking.

Jesus invites us to come to Him as we are. And to do it daily. We have an open invitation and we don’t need to dress a certain way, we don’t need to cook, shop, or even clean the house, no planning transportation. As a matter of fact He meets us where we are. If we allow Him into our day, into our lives, into the mundane daily activities, He will meet us in the messy, unorganized, chaotic, confused anxious parts of our lives.

“Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest.”

Matthew 11:28-30

So, let’s look at “Come to Jesus and He meets us”. He asks us to come to Him and He will show up to meet us as we are. Jesus will respect our space. Even though He is always with us – Emmanuel, God with us. It’s part of His character. Like God is love, that’s who He is, being omnipresent is part of His character. He does call out us and He continually knocks at the door of our hearts. But, He won’t enter unless we open the door and let Him in. He then meets us right there. If we open the door to him in our house, in our car, at work, shopping, in the hospital, wherever we are, He is there ready to enter your life, your heart. We don’t have to clean up, dress, up, tidy up, just open the door, say yes to following Him and allow Him into every part of your heart.

“But as for me, it is good to be near God. I have made the Sovereign Lord my refuge …”

Psalms 73:28 (NIV)

Jesus’ invitation to us, becomes an invitation to Him, to be near to Him, to enter our lives and our hearts no matter the condition and He will give us rest.

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The Kedge Anchor - Anchored in Hope “We have this hope as an anchor for the soul…” Hebrews 6:19 The Kedge Anchor - About Welcome to the Kedge Anchor. This blog started from a time in my life where I no longer liked changes. Changes, like the waves in the ocean can turn us upside down sometimes and the currents of this life can take us to places we really didn’t intend to go. But changes are a part of life and the older I get the less I like them. Maybe you can relate. Sometimes storms form over the ocean and totally churn up our lives like the ocean floor. And when all is finally over, we feel depleted, drained, exhausted. Turning to God’s word first is always a good place to start and gain footing again. And sometimes God leads us to other sources for encouragement, family, friends, church family, and oddly enough, for me, back to the still calm waters (of the ocean). Kedging is a nautical term “to draw (a vessel) along by hauling in on the cable of a light anchor that has been dropped at some distance from it, or (of a vessel) to be drawn in this fashion “ https://www.thefreedictionary.com/kedging Kedging is done in calm waters when one needs the boat to move forward or in the case when one is going against the wind. The sailor casts the kedge anchor out in the waters and pulls the boat towards the anchor. In a season of wait, when we feel like we are at a stand still and perhaps we aren’t hearing God’s voice or when we are in the middle of the storm, we can draw to Him. (James 4:8) We can cast our anchor (of hope) out and take a step in faith toward God, read the Bible, recall a favorite verse, and cling to HIs words. He is our anchor for our soul (Heb. 6:19). When the storms and currents of life are changing our course and we find ourselves going against the wind, we can remain steadfast in His Word and love. Be encouraged. You are not alone. “Draw near to God and he will draw near to you…” James 4:8

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