Ezekiel 26-27, Hebrews 12: 1-13, Proverbs 15: 21-30
Hebrews 12: 1-2 (ESV)
“Therefore, since we are surrounded by so great a cloud of
witnesses, let us also lay aside every weight, and sin which clings so closely,
and let us run with endurance the race that is set before us, looking to Jesus,
the founder and perfecter of our faith, who for the joy that was set before him
endured the cross, despising the shame, and is seated at the right hand of the
throne of God.”
Verses 1 and 2 from Hebrews 12 reminds us that we can endure
because of our faith in Jesus Christ. We do not have to hold unto our sin
because we are surrounded by people of faith who have gone before us. The writer
of Hebrews tells us that we can endure the plan that God has laid before us, if
we look to Jesus the founder of our faith. Christ endured death on the cross
for us, and is now seated next to God his father.
I love this advice. I think sometimes to have faith in God is
such a hard thing. If we look to Jesus Christ and all the suffering he endured
to fulfill his father’s plan on earth, we can endure anything. Christ is example
that we need to keep always before us. We will never have the purity of Christ
in our actions, but he set the standard for obedience to God and what he was
willing to go through to see his father’s plan fulfilled on earth. If Christ
was willing to suffer death on the cross for us and to fulfill God’s plan on
earth, how can we not try to everything we can to fulfill God’s plan for us and
humanity
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