Good morning…
Emailing about the importance of our morning devotionals, she discovered a typo. Writing “mooring” instead of “morning” and she marveled at her mistake. “Wow – this is an accidental typo – but mooring is a good word. Choosing to cut from my regular schedule to make sure I had time to keep things in order at home and work while I focus my attention on wedding plans for our daughter felt like a perfect plan. I felt like the mooring devotionals and my quiet time would take care of the deep needs of my faith, but I have even cut my quiet time down quite a bit and this disconnection from God is ‘haunting’ me.”
Mooring is a good word. As I research its meaning, I learn that moorings are cables or lines that secure a ship or a boat in a particular place. To moor is to fix firmly or to fasten, to attach or to be held securely.
The need for our faith is deep, very deep, especially when the winds of change pick up, blowing boldly, tossing into tumult. We need our moorings to be strong and sturdy, attached to our good, good Father who is the same yesterday and today and forever (Hebrews 13:8, NIV).
Then we will no longer be immature like children. We won’t be tossed and blown about by every wind of new teaching. We will not be influenced when people try to trick us with lies so clever they sound like the truth. Instead, we will speak the truth in love, growing in every way more and more like Christ, who is the head of his body, the church. He makes the whole body fit together perfectly. As each part does its own special work, it helps the other parts grow, so that the whole body is healthy and growing and full of love (Ephesians 4:14-16, NLT).
Mooring ourselves, securing ourselves safely to our unchanging God morning, noon, and night, we will speak truth in love, we will do our own special work, and we will help other parts of Christ’s body to grow healthy and strong, full of love.
God’s saving work in our world is dependent upon us securely mooring ourselves each morning, noon, and night.
…Sue…
