Vital Signs: Friday, November 1, 2024

“That is why the Holy Spirit says, ‘Today when you hear his voice, don’t harden your hearts as Israel did when they rebelled, when they tested me in the wilderness. There your ancestors tested and tried my patience, even though they saw my miracles for forty years. So I was angry with them, and I said, ‘Their hearts always turn away from me. They refuse to do what I tell them.’”‭‭Hebrews‬ ‭3‬:‭7‬-‭10‬ ‭NLT‬‬

Daily Warnings

When was the last time someone warned you to be careful? Outside of our immediate families, such warnings are usually infrequent. Yet in Hebrews, the author addresses a new Christian community and instructs them to warn each other daily. It must have been easy to fall back into the old ways of Judaism or fall out of faith in those early days of new Christian communities. People often relapse and fall back into sin because they don’t realize how difficult it is to walk in faith and how easy it is to fall.

Finish the race, hold fast, make Jesus your everything!