November 13 – Hebrews 10:19-24. Hold Unswervingly to Hope.

November 13 – Hebrews 10:19-24. Hold Unswervingly to Hope.

Therefore, brothers and sisters, since we have confidence to enter the Most Holy Place by the blood of Jesus, by a new and living way opened for us through the curtain, that is, his body, and since we have a great priest over the house of God, let us draw near to God with a sincere heart and with the full assurance that faith brings, having our hearts sprinkled to cleanse us from a guilty conscience and having our bodies washed with pure water. Let us hold unswervingly to the hope we profess, for he who promised is faithful. And let us consider how we may spur one another on toward love and good deeds.

“Let us hold unswervingly to the hope we profess, for he who promised is faithful.”

Now that’s a statement.  One can really mess with us if we think about it.

We profess a lot of hope, don’t we!  But, we don’t always act as if we believed that Jesus really is faithful.

We say that we trust Him, but work ourselves into insanity trying to make sure that there will be plenty of money for generations to come.  We say that He is Lord, but forget about communicating with Him the minute we get to work (unless we in desperate need of a quick fix for something stupid we’ve done).  We say that we believe He saved us, but we don’t actually share our faith with people – either friends or strangers – because everyone gets to believe whatever makes them happy, right?

We hope that we will make it to heaven when we die, but we are absolutely terrified of dying and go through all sorts of machinations to hold it off as long as possible.

We profess hope, but we don’t hold to it unswervingly.  We swerve a lot.  That says quite a bit about our trust in a faithful Lord.  It’s much easier to trust in our own competence and our own strong, right arm.

What ways can you choose to hold unswervingly to hope offered to you by the One who is faithful this week?