First Warning from Hebrews (Heb. 2:1)

SPIRITUAL DIARY FOR 12-16-02

 

My Worship Time                                                      Focus:  First warning

 

Bible Reading & Meditation                                     Reference:  Hebrews 2:1

 

            Message of the verse:  “1 ¶ Therefore we must give the more earnest heed to the things we have heard, lest we drift away.”  (NKJV)  “So we must listen very carefully to the truth we have heard, or we may drift away from it.”   (NLT) 

            There are some things that I wish to point out from this verse.  First, the writer uses the word “we” which shows that he is speaking to believers and not unbelievers.  Second, “the things we have heard” I believe he is speaking about the important things that he has written about in the first chapter because he starts out with the word, “therefore.”  Third when he says, “lest we drift away,” he uses terms that were used about ships.  If a believers starts to drift away from his faith he is probably neglecting the reading of the Word of God, or neglecting his prayer life, or is neglecting gathering with those of like faith at the Church.  Drifting away from the truths of Scripture is a very dangerous thing for any believer to do.

 

            Spiritual meaning for my life today:  The commentary on this verse and the three that follow by Dr. Warren Wiersbe tell of the importance of doing devotions each and every day so that I can learn from God’s Word to help me grow spiritually.  If I would quit eating for a long period of time then I would become sick and possibility die, and the same is true with neglecting the Bread of Life.

 

The Word of God challenged me today.

 

My Steps of Faith Today:  It is always a step of faith to continue to do my devotions each day.  I am challenged by the book on anger that I am reading, and pray that the Lord will use this in a big way in my life as I continue to read it.

 

Memory verses for the week:  Ephesians 2:10; Mark 12:30; Romans 12:5; Philippians 2:5

 

For we are God’s workmanship, created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which God prepared for us in advance to do.

 

Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind and with all your strength.

 

…so in Christ we who are many form one body, and each member belongs to all the others.

 

Your attitude should be the same as that of Christ Jesus…