Hebrews Chapter 3

Chapter three has a lot of good stuff in it, enough that I could write for a page or two. Instead of doing that and stealing all your thunder, I'm going to concentration on the part that stuck out to me the mos and that would be verses 7-11. In these simple verses God calls us to do a simple thing: have faith in Him. Here we are called to trust Him to provide for us, just as He provided for 40 years for the Israelites in the wilderness. Here we are called to trust not in ourselves but in the mystery. The root of all faith is believing in something that cannot be seen with your eyes. And while the task we are called to in this section is one that is simplistic in understanding, I struggle to implement it in my own life. There are times in my life where God puts me in a situation that requires me to rely on Him, yet that is the furthest thing from my mind. And this irks God, it provokes Him as we see in verses 9 and 10. Why then do I (and we as humans if we're being truly honest with ourselves) not put my faith in Him, the Creator of All Things? I think the answer to that is two-fold. First it's an issue of pride. I pride myself on being a problem-solver. I fix things. It's what I do. Thus, my first instinct is to fix any problems in my own life. The second issue is this: I am of the world when I am instead called to be in the world. I spend too much time entranced and consumed by the world I am a part of instead of existing in the world as a testament to the power and love of God. This is not an easy thing to admit nor an easy thing to fix, so I challenge you to help me seek God first above all else, just as I challenge you to reflect on your life to see if you obey the path of obedience and trust that God has called us to.