Hebrews 2-3

Chapters two and three are a warning against drifting away from the Lord. A warning because it is so easy to drift away. It is so easy to ignore the salvation God is giving us through Christ. "Be careful then, dear brothers and sisters. Make sure that your own hearts are not evil and unbelieving, turning you away from the living God. You must warn each other every day, while it is still "today," so that none of you will be deceived by sin and hardened against God." Hebrews 3:12-13. The human heart is evil and desperately wicked. But for how much and far some of us have walked with God, we will marvel at what our hearts can conjure up. The fearful part for me here is that the writer states; "dear brothers and sisters," in other words, he wasn't even to unbelievers, he was talking to people who are presently believers, who are presently Christians. The warning is clear; be careful. We have been warned; we can easily become deceived by sin and our hearts can become hardened by sin like it happened to the children of Israel, they saw all of God's glory and incredulously, still rebelled against him. Lord help us. The secret to avoiding their mistake is also right there; "for if we are faithful to the end, trusting God just as firmly as when we first believed, we will share in all that belongs to Christ." Hebrews 3:14. Be faithful till the end. Hold everyday as precious and walk in step with the Lord trusting that he is able to keep what we have committed into his hands. That is what it means to walk by faith and not by sight. Lord, help us to walk each day in step with you.