1Therefore, holy brothers, you who share in a heavenly calling, consider Jesus, the apostle and high priest of our confession… For Jesus has been counted worthy of more glory than Moses… Hebrews 3:1-3
Just Pondering Creation
I was preparing for last nights evening services here at Inglewood, going over Hebrews 3:1-6. After studying for this some i opened up MacArthurs commentary on this book. He pulled a point out that has really stuck with me. In the first verse the writer is emploring his listeners to CONSIDER Jesus as greater than Moses. Then he goes to explain. As the writer states, yes Jesus is greater than Moses, but then I began to ponder the question of ,”What do I consider greater than Christ?”
By this i mean, just as the Jews of the time were holding onto the past Law of Moses and not looking forward to Christ, what was that for me. This question was even posted to my sutdents. I told them to try to look at two differnt sides of the room at the same time. IMPOSSIBLE i know. Just as we can’t focus our sight at different places, we also cannot focus our hearts on different things. We either consider Christ in the moment or something else. We should consider Christ in all things. From what job to work, classes to take, conversations to partake in, relationships with others, to life in general. Consider Christ…. Is this not an awkward statement? Consider.. you know if you wanna think about it…..think about CHRIST and his glory that can come from this. That is ridiculous. Of course we should consider Christ. He is better than anything else we may chose to put our focus on.
So why do we do this? How can we overcome this? I think the answer is in the word Consider. Moment by moment think of Christ. Not saying that you need to have an hour prayer before you decide where you are gonna o eat lunch. But in life directions also. Consider him. Win the battles to win the war. Next time you go to a coffe shop, in a conversation with that one friend, or filling out applications for a new job. Consider Christ and what he wants. And what will bring him the MOST glory. The more we do this the more we retreat to his embracing arms and wisdom. Guiding us to his grace. The father is amazing and the son has saved, the spirit is perfecting, and i am nothing but the humble servant that deserves none of this. Thank you for your Grace.
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