Hebrews 3: 15 This is what the scripture says:
“If you hear God's voice today,
do not be stubborn, as your ancestors were
when they rebelled against God.”
16 Who were the people who heard God's voice and rebelled
against him? All those who were led out of Egypt by Moses. 17 With whom was
God angry for forty years? With the people who sinned, who fell down dead in
the desert. 18 When
God made his solemn promise, “They will never enter the land where I would have
given them rest”—of whom was he speaking? Of those who rebelled. 19 We see, then,
that they were not able to enter the land, because they did not believe.
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Wanting to be mad,
I thought of all the “bad” things that had happened. Then I heard something
within me say “Let it go. Your hatred is hurting you more than you know.” I had
a choice. Let go of the hurt I replayed in my mind or move forward, carrying
GOD’s love.
- I could not hear GOD when I was fuming.
- I could not hear other people when I was upset.
- I could not hear words of reason when I had anger, rage, slander and hurt in my heart.
Paul, the assumed
writer, warns everyone to listen to GOD “today.” He mentions ancestors who
heard GOD, but refused to obey as a warning to everyone. Their rebellion caused
death and GOD promised they would never reach the promised land.
My Observations
- My stubborn heart is no match for GOD.
- Any time I rebel against GOD, I lose.
- Since GOD is pure love, my rebellion is against pure love.
Not listening to
GOD is a huge mistake, I mean, when I hear HIM tell me “forgive that person”
and I don’t, I am rebelling. HE wants me to voluntarily choose love as my path
to all my relationships. The more I choose hatred, hurt, and slander, the
harder my heart gets. After a while, I get friends who agree with my hatred and
slander and we feel better spreading poison versus love. BUT GOD has a remedy
HE wants me to see
that my heart is on its way to becoming hard and stubborn as those HE did not
deliver into the promised land. HE can open my eyes to HIS promises, but I have
to be willing to let go of things HE does not want me to have. I am glad GOD
wants to be my guide, therefore, I choose to hear HIM.
Challenge
- What warning does the writer give?
- Have you ever knowingly done something wrong and now you have justified your wrong for so long, that it seems like there is no way back to right?
- Will you let go of things that are obviously wrong and allow GOD to rescue you and guide you with the HOLY SPIRIT today?
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