Hebrews 10:35-36
Do not throw away your confidence; it will be richly rewarded. You need to persevere so that when you have done the will of God, you will receive what he has promised.
What of Today’s Verse…
Boy there are some tough times in life! They’re inescapable. That’s when our confidence in the Lord’s salvation and our relationship with him gets tested! It is one thing to sing “it is well with my soul” at the end of a peel-the-paint worship service, but it is quite another to be able to sing it when they auction your house off at the courthouse steps or you’ve lost a child to death. That’s when the commitment to be who we want to be overrides the weakness of what we feel. Faith can’t take a holiday when we travel through the suburbs of hell or we’ll never find our way out. So don’t throw it away. Be like Job or Jeremiah who both argued and complained to God. Just don’t quit.
Let us Pray:
Holy and Almighty God, today is a good day. But I am profoundly aware that some of those I love are wrestling with throwing away their confidence in your love, mercy, grace, peace, and deliverance. Please use me, but even more I pray that you use your Holy Spirit to renew their hearts. I pray that you intervene directly to change the course of events and give them relief. In Jesus name I pray. Amen.
Words of Wisdom
Steady and strong…
The sun rises every morning. Though it is often a magnificent sight, it is nothing new. It has happened every day, over and over again, since long before anyone was around to observe it. The sunrise is not new or different. It is not “cutting edge” technology. Yet it is absolutely essential to life on this planet.
There is power in new discoveries, in fresh approaches. Yet there is enormous power in the steady, time-tested, “monotonous” pursuits as well. A magnificent new structure, using the latest in construction technology, must still be built upon a solid, stable foundation held in place by the timeless ground.
Though it is vitally important to embrace change and progress, it is just as important to preserve and maintain a strong foundation from which to build. In your pursuit for what is new, be careful not to abandon that which is already working well. Those who are steady and strong are in the best position to benefit from that which is new and exciting.
