Hebrews 3:7-11
We are living in the culture of noise; it matters not where
it is, meaningless data, or just racket coming from the radio, TV, or any of
the other noisemakers. We often lie to
ourselves about desiring quiet, but give us a moment of silence, and we will
find a way to quickly fill that space with sound, of some kind. So that being true, how do we engage in
conversation with God, who speaks to us in those times of silence?
Verse seven begins in this manner; “Therefore, (anytime therefore is
used in Scripture it is important to look at the verses that came before the
therefore) as
the Holy Spirit says, “Today if you hear his voice, do not harden your hearts
as in the rebellion, on the day of testing in the wilderness, where your fathers
put me to the test and saw my works for forty years. Therefore, I was provoked with that
generation, and said, “They always go astray in their heart; they have not
known my ways.’ As I swore in my wrath,
‘They shall not enter my rest.” (Hebrews 3:7-11) So what came before the therefore; we who are
in Christ are His house, it is the exchanged life, Christ now lives in us, and
we now live in Christ.
What kind of house, have you welcomed our Lord into? Is your house so filled with stuff, so filled
with activity that it is impossible to hear his voice? If that describes your life you have been deceived,
you are being misled and do not understand that the Holy Spirit was sent to
guide us into all truth, to be our teacher, to be our comforter. If we understand that truth, but keep
choosing to fill our schedule with activity and noise, are we any different
than those in the time of Moses who hardened their hearts and rebelled?
Galatians 2:20 holds so many keys to opening our hearts and
minds to the exchanged life, you have been crucified with Christ. “It is no longer I who live, but Christ who
lives in me. And the life I now live in
the flesh I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for
me.” If you have come to understand this great truth and yet live
life as if it was your business to schedule the events of life with no regards
for hearing the voice of the Holy Spirit, are you living in rebellion?
From the Back Porch,
Bob Rice
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