This month, I had planned to write about the will of God. However, as I started the book of Hebrews and during my quiet time, that changed. This month, I don’t have anything profound. I have a prayer and a few reminders, and I pray they meet you where you are.
As I was reading Hebrews 4, I was reminded of a foundational truth: when God declares a thing, it is true. In chapter 4:2-3 it says, “For we also have received the good news just as they did. But the message they heard did not benefit them, since they were not united with those who heard it in faith. For we who have believed enter the rest, in keeping with what He has said, So I swore in my anger, “They will not enter my rest,” even though his works have been finished since the foundation of the world.” (CSB).
In these two verses, the writer of Hebrews is referencing Numbers 13-14, Deuteronomy 1, and Psalm 95. In these books and chapters, the Lord spoke regarding the promised land. He told the Israelites to go up and take possession of the land He wanted to give them. Out of hesitancy, they wanted to send a few people to obtain a report of the land. Moses thought this was a good idea, and the Lord spoke to Moses and told Him to send a few men to scout the Land. Moses sent a man from each of the 12 tribes. When the men returned, they had a good report, but when ten of the men spoke, they incited fear and rebellion into the hearts of the Israelites.
Think about that, an entire generation knew the work of the Lord’s hands. They seen it with their own eyes and yet, they allowed fear to cancel their faith. Out of the ten sent, only two held fast to the word of the Lord: Joshua and Caleb. Due to their lack of faith, the Israelites of that generation (20 and older) were not allowed to enter into the land of milk and honey. However, Joshua and Caleb held fast to their faith, and they were the only two who could enter. But because of the corporate unbelief around them, they were subject to waiting in the wilderness with those who couldn’t enter for 40 years until an entire faithless generation passed away.
So, I say unto you: do not miss out on what the Lord has promised you.
Do not miss out on your land of milk and honey, your place of rest, and the peace to enjoy it simply due to a lack of faith in what He has spoken or shown to you. For when the Lord declares a thing, it will come to pass according to His plan and time.
Hebrews 3:18-19 reminds us that unbelief is a direct link to one’s disobedience. This is why Hebrews 4:7 warns us: “Today, if you hear his voice, do not harden your hearts.”
I urge you to stay close to your Joshuas and Calebs, who will help you take every thought of death captive and replace it with the word of the Living God.
Let us Pray:
Lord, I thank you for my brothers and sisters in Christ who are reading this. I thank you for my brothers and sisters to come, who are not yet in Christ, reading this. For I know your word, which is abounding with love, has the power to draw one near, and has the power to heal and soften every hardened heart.
Lord, I pray that we live to make you known.
I pray that the Spirit continuously convicts us to live by the words of Christ. For if the words spoken by angels were binding, how much more binding are the words spoken by the Son of Man? Lord in every season, I pray you raise up your mouthpiece and embolden them to speak to the nations what thus sayeth the Lord. For you have freed us from the fear of man and the fear of death through the crucifixion of your Son, our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ. I pray that we continue to partner with you and obey you as companions of Christ, helping bring your kingdom agenda from heaven to earth.
God, we thank you for the Son of Suffering. We thank you for sending your Son, the perfect deity, to earth to become perfect in the flesh to overcome sin and the grave. To reclaim what you originally entrusted to us. May we always know whose office we hold, remembering that we are participants in the house that our Father has built.
I pray that we never close our eyes, ears, or hearts to the work of you Lord. Lord, I pray that because of our continued belief in you, that we will see you in eternity and experience the goodness of God in the land of the living.
Lord, may we take every thought captive and fight it with the sword of truth. I pray that as we endure the trials, we do not fall prey to the deception of the enemy. May we hold fast to our confession and belief that Jesus is Lord, not only for our initial deliverance/salvation, but through every stage until our faith has been made sight.
Let us never be a people who accept salvation but refuse to walk out the charge you have exhorted us to do as children and heirs of the kingdom. I pray that we reach back for our brothers and sisters, pushing each other towards holiness as we pursue it ourselves.
And Lord, may we always remember that Jesus endured for us so that we could endure with Him.
Thank you, God, for the living Word.
In Jesus’ name I pray
Amen, Amen, and Amen.
From our heart to yours, with love and gratitude,
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