GLORY REALM DEVOTIONAL BY REV. IGHO L. Y.
FEB.
6TH.
TEXT: Hebrews
3:1-4, 6-12, 16-19, 4:1-2 King James Version (KJV).
3 Wherefore,
holy brethren, partakers of the heavenly calling, consider the Apostle and High
Priest of our profession, Christ Jesus;
2 Who was faithful to him that appointed
him, as also Moses was faithful in all his house.3 For this man was counted worthy of more glory than Moses, inasmuch as he who hath builded the house hath more honour than the house.
4 For every house is
builded by some man; but he that built all things is God.
Hebrews
3:6-12King James Version (KJV)
6 But Christ as a son over his own house;
whose house are we, if we hold fast the confidence and the rejoicing of the
hope firm unto the end.7 Wherefore (as the Holy Ghost saith, To day if ye will hear his voice,
8 Harden not your hearts, as in the provocation, in the day of temptation in the wilderness:
9 When your fathers tempted me, proved me, and saw my works forty years.
10 Wherefore I was grieved with that generation, and said, They do alway err in their heart; and they have not known my ways.
11 So I sware in my wrath, They shall not enter into my rest.)
12 Take heed,
brethren, lest there be in any of you an evil heart of unbelief, in departing
from the living God.
Hebrews
3:16-19King James Version (KJV)
16 For some, when they had heard, did
provoke: howbeit not all that came out of Egypt by Moses.17 But with whom was he grieved forty years? was it not with them that had sinned, whose carcases fell in the wilderness?
18 And to whom sware he that they should not enter into his rest, but to them that believed not?
19 So we see that
they could not enter in because of unbelief.
Hebrews
4:1-2King James Version (KJV)
4 Let us
therefore fear, lest, a promise being left us of entering into his rest, any of
you should seem to come short of it.
2 For unto us was
the gospel preached, as well as unto them: but the word preached did not profit
them, not being mixed with faith in them that heard it.
When the children of Israel came out of Egypt, they danced
and praised God with musical instruments and singing. But it did not take too
long before they began to complain about everything, and soon, unimaginable
disobedience followed. It is so unfortunate that we easily forget the
faithfulness and mercies of God. Many like the children of Israel, quickly
forget where God took them from. It is amazing how people will beg for an
opportunity today with sugar-coated words, only to end up abusing the privilege
tomorrow. The man who came in very humble and respectful suddenly begins to
speak and act with insolence and lack of respect. After the mighty deliverance and the parting
of the Red Sea, Heb. 3:9 says the children of Israel tested God even after they
saw His works for forty years, and He stood their test.
If miracles alone account for transformation and maturity,
the children of Israel would have been transformed more than any other people
on the face of the earth. They saw the hand of God; His glory and power, yet
they missed it. They were not able to enter the rest of God because their
unbelief and rebellion shut them out of His glory. May you not be shut out of
God’s grace. Heb. 4:1-2 makes us see that it is important to take advantage of
the promises of God while we still have the opportunity. The year is still
early and young for you to make amends, you can still do something to make you
qualify for power and glory. Act now before it is too late!
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