July 5 - Fix Your Thoughts on Jesus

July 5 - Hebrews 3:1-6 - Fix your thoughts on Jesus

Holy brothers. So much power placed into two small words. Hebrews 2:12 identifies us as brothers with Jesus Christ. We are given so much honor and recognition by Him, yet sometimes we act as if it doesn't matter. I think of the brothers of two of our Presidents, Billy Carter and Roger Clinton. They were buffoons, yet were the brothers of two of the most powerful men in the world. Is this how we act when give the honor of being called 'brother' by our Savior?

But, we are also called 'holy.' We are made holy by Jesus (Hebrews 2:11). This holiness and the fact that we are part of the family that Jesus Christ has called us to, brings us to the point of sharing in His heavenly calling. We have been given the honor of being companions with Jesus Christ in future glory.

So what do we do now? Fix our thoughts on Jesus Christ. That shouldn't be too difficult, but daily we prove that it is nearly impossible.

The next few verses show us why He is deserving of that respect. He is the model by which we are to live. He is faithful to God, just as Moses was when He designed God's Tabernacle according to every specific detail.

Moses built the Tabernacle as a servant would - carrying out the instructions that were given to Him. But, Jesus is the author of creation. In Hebrews 3:5, we realize that what Moses built was like a 'miniature' of the grand scheme of God's home. The future will bring so much more awareness of what God's temple is really like. We will not see this until we are in heaven, but we will see it.

And, as for that home, Jesus Christ is the master of the house. We make up the essence of that home if we can hold on to our courage and hope. We can not turn away from the living God. We must keep our thoughts firmly fixed on Jesus.