Being anchored to Christ

I recently went climbing and had to belay on an edge of a cliff with a 25 foot drop off. The safest way to do this was to have my Personal Anchor System that attaches to my harness anchored or clipped into a bolt at the bottom of the climbing route. You would think that this would limit your freedom of movement and be frustrating. I found the opposite to be true. Instead I rested in the fact that I had boundaries created for myself that were lifesaving actually. I could move 2 feet backwards and side to side from the anchor and not fall off the cliff. I could put all my weight on this anchor and rest leisurely in the sun because I was anchored securely to a rock.

There is a correlation between my experience climbing and my daily walk with Christ. I am an anchored into Christ, a solid Rock that secures my footing in all I do. As I walk through the challenges of raising 3 boys with my husband working dual jobs of being a deputy on the streets and being in the National Guard, I find myself tired! Many times, my energy is zapped from the boys being so demanding and having to adapt to my husband’s odd working hours. I’m left at home to corral these wild boys and often times grow weary in my efforts. I can choose to absorb the exhaustion of this season of life or choose to rest securely in the fact that I am anchored into Christ the Solid Rock who gives life abundantly. Who in Psalm 23 will lead me to green pastures when I need rest. Am I choosing to clip into my personal anchor today or risk the cliff of living life in my own strength?