I imagine those buoys out in the harbor. They, like the little red robin, just keep "bobbing along!" They don't get far, but they keep bouncing up! They are anchored -- placed in a special place to alert sailors to rocks or shoals, or to mark a channel.
They just keep doing their job. Does a buoy ever just give up and sink?
The Holy Spirit gives us buoyancy. He asserts pressure from below to keep us floating and He anchors us just where He wants us. Just where we need to be.
I read these words from R. C. Sproul today:
Have you ever felt you were living your life swimming upstream?
Swimming upstream is difficult, if not impossible. You might make some headway in a wide, slow-moving river. But, if you are in whitewater rafting territory, forget it.
You are going downstream, and no matter how hard you paddle, your strength will not save you. You might even die.
Instead, picture yourself seated in an unsinkable inflated boat as you head down the river. It's inevitable; you will wind up downstream at your destination simply because you are in the boat, whitewater or not.
As a believer, you were chosen in Christ from before the foundation of the earth. Your destination, holiness and blamelessness before God, is assured because you are in the unsinkable boat: Christ. (Ephesians 1:4)
It is not because you have been paddling so hard to meet God's standard of holiness that you arrive.
It is because He is taking you.
Be assured that when you "pass through the rivers, they will not sweep over you" (Isaiah 43:2) because He is with you!
O God, please restore my buoyant spirit today!
P.S. When you reach the end of your rope, reach out and touch the hem of His garment!
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