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And David said to Saul, “Who am I, and who are my relatives, my father's clan in Israel, that I should be son-in-law to the king?” --1 Samuel 18:18 As the years go by, one of the best things that can be said about us is that our victories and successes haven’t changed us. You and I should remain humble and grateful before the Lord. We see this kind of humility in David after he defeated Goliath and experienced many other successes. He was still a man of the people. When Saul offered David his oldest daughter Merab, David replied, “Who am I, and who are my relatives, my father's clan in Israel, that I should be son-in-law to the king?” You see, David knew who he was and where he came from in spite of having become the most famous person in all of Israel. Success didn’t change him. He didn’t feel he deserved any special treatment. Today many people are fixated on what they deserve. Well, each of us should be eternally grateful that we haven’t gotten what we deserved! We deserved death, but God gave us eternal life! That should fill our hearts with gratitude, but there’s more. As we give him glory, God causes us to move from victory to victory! As victories come, let’s hold these words in our hearts, “Not to us, O Lord, not to us, but to your name give glory…” (Psalm 115:1).   AS WE GIVE HIM GLORY, GOD CAUSES US TO MOVE FROM VICTORY TO VICTORY!

Where the Anchor Is Found

by Dr. Paul Chappell

“Wherein God, willing more abundantly to shew unto the heirs of promise the immutability of his counsel, confirmed it by an oath: That by two immutable things, in which it was impossible for God to lie, we might have a strong consolation, who have fled for refuge to lay hold upon the hope set before us: Which hope we have as an anchor of the soul, both sure and stedfast, and which entereth into that within the veil;”
Hebrews 6:17–19

There is an old story about a young naval officer being examined before assignment to his first command. The grizzled veteran asked what the prospective captain would do if he saw a storm approaching from the south. “Throw out an anchor at the stern,” the reply came. The next question brought a storm from the north. “Throw out an anchor at the bow,” the young officer said. The veteran continued bringing up potential storms, and the answer to every one was another anchor. Finally the exasperated old-timer asked, “Where are you getting all those anchors?” “From the same place you’re getting all the storms, Sir,” the young man replied.
Life is filled with storms that come at us from every direction. There are days when it feels like its just one challenge and difficulty after another. But on every one of those days and for every one of those storms, we have an anchor that never fails. Just as there are many different kinds of trials and temptations, God’s grace has many facets that allow us to win the victory in every situation. “As every man hath received the gift, even so minister the same one to another, as good stewards of the manifold grace of God” (1 Peter 4:10). No one ever went wrong by trusting what God has promised. We falter and sink when we take our eyes off of Him and rely on our own strength.
 

Today’s Growth Principle: 

Those who trust the unfailing promises of God for strength have an anchor that will hold through the storms.