Sunday Reading: Hebrews 8:1-6
Key Verse: Hebrews 8:6
6 But now He has obtained a more excellent ministry, by so much He is also the Mediator of a better covenant, which was built upon better promises.
Devotion:
As you read through the Old Testament you get to know about the priests that would have to stand before God and give sacrifices for the sins of the people of Israel. It may seem unfair that one man should have to stand up and do all the work for all the sins of the whole country, but that is the way that God said things must happen. When the people listened and obeyed God, things would go along smoothly and when they rebelled, they would have to pay for what they did wrong. When they followed God without question, He continued to help them without question and made them into a great nation. As you continue to read through the bible you find out how they squandered their inheritance and ended up being a broken nation because of their belief that they could cope by themselves. When the priest failed the people, the country would have to pay as a whole as they sunk into sin...
We are still very much like that but we have one great advantage nowadays – we are dependent upon a High Priest that will never fail us! That does not mean that we will not sink into sin because as soon as we start to believe that we can go it alone we sink faster than Peter probably did when he tried walking on water. So long as we reach out and depend on our Saviour Jesus Christ to lift us up, we will continue to be safe and secure. Our substance is Jesus Christ. Without Him we would be lost in sin. With Him we have a Priest who will never let us down; One who has already paid the sacrifice for our sins and One who continues to secure our paths.
We serve a Priest who no longer has to give sacrifice according to the law given to Moses because He has already paid that sacrifice. His new promise to us is that we will be eternally secure if we believe in Him and what He has done for us. Our bibles tell us of everything we need to know to reach out and grab hold of Christ’s hand as He holds it out to save each one of us.
Points to Ponder:
Can you always depend on everyone?
Are you trusting the one that you can actually depend on?
