“See to it, brothers and sisters, that none of you has a sinful, unbelieving heart that turns away from the living God. But encourage one another daily, as long as it is called “Today,” so that none of you may be hardened by sin’s deceitfulness. We have come to share in Christ, if indeed we hold our original conviction firmly to the very end.”

Hebrews 3:12-14

The Spirit applied words that were first spoken to the temple worshipers, to the readers of Hebrews, and, since it is still ‘Today’ (v. 15), the Spirit now applies them to us. In verses 12 and 13 we hear the Spirit calling us, not so much to look out for ourselves but to look out for others. We are to encourage one another so that no member of our believing communities is hardened by the deceitfulness of sin and so excluded from God’s ultimate rest, the glory to which God is bringing us.

CLOSING PRAYER

Light of the World, help me see clearly the path you set before me. Help me to never stray from those convictions of faith that called me to follow you.t now applies them to us.

(Edited from Encounter with God)