Thursday, June
15, 2017
And so, dear brothers and sisters who belong to God and are
partners with those called to heaven, think carefully about this Jesus whom we
declare to be God’s messenger and High Priest. For he was faithful to God, who appointed
him, just as Moses served faithfully when he was entrusted with God’s entire house. But Jesus deserves far more glory than Moses,
just as a person who builds a house deserves more praise than the house itself. For every house has a builder, but the one who
built everything is God. Moses was
certainly faithful in God’s house as a servant. His work was an illustration of
the truths God would reveal later. But
Christ, as the Son, is in charge of God’s entire house. And we are God’s house, if we keep our courage
and remain confident in our hope in Christ.
Hebrews 3:1-6(NLT)
To have
someone say to you think carefully
is something of a warning or alert to give close attention to what can happen
if you pull the trigger on what
you’re about to do. The Army sergeant
who was trying to teach raw recruits, me included, just how carefully we must think
ahead and respect the hand grenades he had just placed in our hands wasn’t
kidding…he was, as they say, deadly
serious!
Paul asked
the Hebrew children of Israel in his open letter to think just that carefully
about the Jewish teacher Who wouldn’t stay in the grave on the third day. They had long expected God to send the Messiah,
the Christ, the One who was anointed to bring in a new Kingdom. God had kept His end of the bargain; now it
was time for God’s people to respond with confidence, and proclaim that message
to the rest of the world.
Now that
sounds like a simple transaction – God promises, acts, and we just
believe. But, think carefully; think
long and hard; think it through. A
kingdom has a king, and that means there is only one ruler, and His ways of
doing things are not up for amending like a constitution and by-laws. A king who is sovereign rules without needing
to ask for advice. And what the king
says is what happens!
And that is
especially-so in the Kingdom of God!
For You Today
It
is wonderful to think of the joy of being loved, forgiven and saved by our
Messiah, Jesus Christ. With that amazing
reality of God’s grace comes an eternal understanding that faithfulness to the
One who is sovereign is what we are choosing.
It
means we must think carefully!
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