So Hebrews 11 has been on my heart and mind so much here lately. Usually when I get something weighing this heavy on my heart, I know that God is about to prove it in my life. So... This is me trying to prepare myself! :)
Hebrews 11 is considered the FAITH chapter because the word FAITH is mentioned 28 times in just 40 verse. When I read through this chapter, I cant help but see the word FAITH stick out over and over and over.... Repetition is a way that I learn things... So here it is! Laid out perfectly in Hebrews 11. Abel, Enoch, Noah, Abraham, Sarah, Isaac, Jacob, Joseph, Moses, Rahab, Gideon, Barak, Samson, Jephthah, David, and Samuel ALL did their stuff by FAITH in Christ. Plus... Those that were tortured and refused to be released. Those that were flogged, chained, put in prison. Those that were stoned, sawed in two, were put to death by sword. Those that went about in sheepskin and goatskins, destitute, persecuted and mistreated. Wandered in deserts and mountains, in caves and holes in the ground... They all lived their lives by FAITH. The trusted the ONE True God! And here is what gets me about this whole chapter.... Verse 38 says "THE WORLD WAS NOT WORTHY OF THEM!". Wow! What a testimony of a life sold-out to Christ. These people trully took up their crosses and followed Christ no matter the cost. May this be said of us. May this be said of me! I pray that I live a life that causes God to hurry up and take me home because this sinful world is not worthy of me.... (Those are big words... and I am trying to really grasp them!) But in the mean time, may I be doing all that I can to be obedient to the God who created the whole Universe! May I always be willing to go wherever He calls and flexible to do whatever he tells me to do. I pray that I never grow stagnant in my relationship with Christ and feel that I know more than the one who crafted me. He is the only one who knows exactly what I need to be doing each second of my life.... By FAITH I can walk with Him holding my right hand.... That is Power! That is the love of my sweet Jesus!
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