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GOD’S CALL TO RETURN TO HIM
MONDAY, JULY 22
Hebrews 3:7-19
Psalm 97:1-12
“For thou, LORD, art high above all the earth:
thou art exalted far above all gods.”
GOD’S CALL TO RETURN TO HIM
There is a need to return to God. In the case of Israel, they could not feign ignorance because they had seen the works of the Lord. Great miracles and a constant supply of food were witnesses for God. Yet, the Scripture says that they sinned while the bread was in their mouth (Num 11:33). God has reason to affirm that those rebels will not enter into His rest. One’s hardness of heart is dangerous.
God appealed to His people to return to Him. The writer used the background information to give this exhortation: “Take heed, brethren, lest there be in any of you an evil heart of unbelief, in departing from the living God. But exhort one another daily, while it is called To day; lest any of you be hardened through the deceitfulness of sin” (Heb 3:12-13). This is a compassionate appeal to God’s people to keep close to God and to seek the grace of God to carry them through. This includes care for the spiritual welfare of others as well. It also involves direct assistance in addressing particular needs and indirectly in bearing a good testimony. This will fortify the fellowship of believers and will keep deceitfulness of sin at a distance.
When believers are made partakers of Christ, they will be able to stand to the end. The end ushers in the eternal destiny, the place which the Lord promised to the disciples when He said that He was going to prepare a place for them and He would come and take them to Himself (John 14:2-3). Thus there was no cause for them to be troubled in their hearts.
THOUGHT: God is my sufficiency when my whole heart is surrendered to Him.
PRAYER: Father, may I surrender and give all to Thee.