Time spent in the Book of Hebrews is always encouraging. In the first few verses of Hebrews, I began to see:

• God is not limited in the way He communicates with us (verse 1).
• Through Christ, we can understand the character and nature of God (verse 3)
  
• Everything is sustained by God’s Word (verse 3).
  
• There is a contrast with time: “long ago” and “now in these final days”, demonstrating that our God has never, and will never, change (verse 1 and 2).
• Jesus is the exact representation of God. Not a copy but exact. In seeing Jesus, we come to see the Father and know Him (verse 3).

Why is it important for us to know and remember each of these points made by the author of Hebrews?

“For this reason we must pay much closer attention to what we have heard, so that we do not drift away from it.” (Hebrews 2:1, NASB)

Jesus made this statement:

“And Jesus cried out and said, “He who believes in Me, does not believe in Me but in Him who sent Me. He who sees Me sees the One who sent Me.” (John 12:44-45, NASB) 

The more we believe and trust Him, the more we will see His activity in our lives, which in turn will lead us to believe Him more. As we come to see and learn of Jesus, we grow in our understanding of the Father, Who sent Him.

May we have eyes which see, Jesus – the exact representation of God.

Believing leads to seeing
and seeing leads to believing,
in increasing measure.

We never know when our routines will be disrupted. In her post, How to Respond When Your Routine is Disrupted HERE, Lois Flowers offers wonderful and practical suggestions. It was more timely than I could have known or realized last week.

Come, sit a spell. Bring your coffee, your posts, and your thoughts. If you link up, kindly visit those who have drawn up a seat around you.

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