Prayer
– Lord, speak to me. I am listening. I understand that You, God, bless the one
who reads the words of the prophecy to the church, and You bless all who listen
to its message and obey what it says, for the time is near. From
Revelation 1:3
…you
have come to Mount Zion, to the city of the living God, the heavenly Jerusalem,
and to countless thousands of angels in a joyful gathering. You have come to
the assembly of God's firstborn children, whose names are written in heaven.
You have come to God himself, who is the judge over all things. You have come
to the spirits of the righteous ones in heaven who have now been made perfect.
You have come to Jesus, the one who mediates the new covenant between God and
people, and to the sprinkled blood, which speaks of forgiveness instead of
crying out for vengeance like the blood of Abel. Be careful that you do
not refuse to listen to the One who is speaking. For if the people of
Israel did not escape when they refused to listen to Moses, the earthly
messenger, we will certainly not escape if we reject the One who speaks to us
from heaven! Hebrews
12:22-25 (Underlined for emphasis.)
Meditate
and consider how can you apply this passage to your life.
Are you
listening to God?
The author of Hebrews was writing
here to the Hebrew people who believed in Jesus as their Savior. They are the
firstborn of God’s chosen, His children. He is reminding the people
that God is the judge and will be judging them. He is warning these people
warning to listen. They should listen to God. for when God speaks, He expects
people to listen to Him—just as He expected them to listen to Moses, His
spokesperson.
Do
you realize how privileged we are to be part of God’s family? If you are
listening to God and obeying Him…you are especially blessed. Just like the
Hebrews people, God expects us to listen. Listen and obey. That is a
reoccurring theme throughout the Bible, beginning with Moses telling the Hebrew
people about listening to God’s commandments and how they must obey.
And now, Israel, listen carefully
to these decrees and regulations that I am about to teach you. Obey them
so that you may live, so you may enter and occupy the land that the LORD, the
God of your ancestors, is giving you.
Deuteronomy 4:1 (Underlined for emphasis.)
God blessing us from His Heaven.
Aurora borealis on October 10, 2024.
God is in
Heaven…and offers us a home with Him if we believe in His Son as our
Savior…saving us from sin—sin results in death and that endangers all of us…for
all have sinned and not met God’s standards. (See Romans 3:23.) But there is
hope since Jesus died on the cross for those very sins that plague our lives.
(See Romans 5:8.) The hope is secured because God keeps His promises and
because Christ rose from the dead. The power of death and the grave couldn’t
keep Him there. Hope continues with the promise that because God so loved the
world and gave His only Son as a sacrifice for our sin, those who believe in
His Son will have eternal life. (John 3:16) Eternal life. Life forever with God
the Father, worshipping Him in His heavenly home. He speaks to us from that
home…from Heaven everyday as we pray and read His word.
Are
you listening to Him? Be careful that you do not refuse to listen to
the One who is speaking. The choice is yours.
Verse
of Salvation ~ While Jesus was here on earth, he offered prayers and pleadings,
with a loud cry and tears, to the one who could rescue him from death. And God
heard his prayers because of his deep reverence for God. Even though Jesus was
God's Son, he learned obedience from the things he suffered. In this way, God
qualified him as a perfect High Priest, and he became the source of eternal
salvation for all those who obey him. Hebrews 5:7-9 (Underlined for
emphasis.)
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Revised and reused from November 4, 2021 Banquet With The King blog.
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