Thursday, March 23, 2006

See to it, that none of you has a sinful, unbelieving heart that turns away from the living God. (Hebrews 3:12)

The statement "Today, if you hear his voice, do not harden your hearts" is mentioned 3 times in Chapters 3 & 4 of Hebrews. His Word tells us that "nothing in all creation is hidden from God's sight. Everything is uncovered and laid bare before the eyes of Him to whom we must give account". Are you ready to give that account? Have you heard His voice and hardened your heart? God desires to forgive our sins (that's why Jesus died on the cross for you) and that our hearts would be soft toward Him. Hebrews 4:16 says we can "approach the throne of grace with confidence, so that we may receive mercy and find grace to help us in our time of need."

Jesus is sitting at the right hand of His Father waiting to call your name out as one of His, and all the heavens will rejoice.

Have you been a christian a long time, or maybe even your entire life? Have you lost that fervent passion for Jesus? In Hebrews it calls us to "encourage one another daily, as long as it is called Today, so that none of you may be hardened by sin's deceitfulness. We have come to share in Christ if we hold firmly til the end the confidence we had at first" That same confidence you had when you received Jesus into your life, is the same confidence you can walk through each day of your life with.

The Lord desires us to seek Him passionately (with every fiber of our being), pray to Him fervently (with every expectation to see Him work) and embed His Word into our hearts, minds and souls, so that we may be immovable, unshakable, endurable, and steadfast in our love for Him.

How are you walking through life - with a hardened heart or a confidence in Jesus Christ?