The Bible is Alive

Day 306: Hebrews 4:1-16

“Let us therefore strive to enter that rest, so that no one may fall by the same sort of disobedience. For the word of God is living and active, sharper than any two-edged sword, piercing to the division of soul and of spirit, of joints and of marrow, and discerning the thoughts and intentions of the heart.” - Hebrews 4:11-12 ESV

In this chapter, we see the writer comparing those who wandered in the wilderness for forty years with us today. For them, it was really only an 11-day journey, yet they refused to obey; thus, they forfeited their immediate rest from God in Canaan. Their "bodies fell" in that wilderness, and their children would be the ones to inherit the land.

Obedience to God, though, is no small thing. It is essentially the act of letting God's word do what it does best, which is cutting us to our deepest part. Until we see just how much we need Jesus, we will never seek Him.

Cutting doesn't seem pleasant, and no form of surgery is, but God longs for us to be in heaven with Him for eternity. May we, every day, allow Jesus to show us how much we need His salvation. This will not be comfortable, but we will "find grace to help us in our time of need," both now and for eternity.

"God’s Word is not something you passively hear and then ignore. It actively works in our lives, changes us, and sends us into action for God." - Thomas Lea