Hebrews 3:7-9, “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.”
What are your plans for today? Do you plan out essential tasks and prioritize what needs to be done first to meet your daily goals or agenda of responsibilities? Have you procrastinated about any of these things? Or are you a doer no matter what? Hebrews 3:7 states, “Therefore as the Holy Spirit says, “Today . . .”
Since the author of Hebrews already established that we as believers are part of a heavenly calling, how will this affect your actions today and view of life? Are you having doubts and asking for more signs and doubting God’s deliverance as the Israelites did to Moses? They should have persevered in following God’s leader, Moses. They failed to fully trust God, and God said that was a sin.
How have you heard God’s voice? If you have trouble with that statement, think about how you recently saw new insight in reading a verse of Scripture. That is hearing God’s voice. Have you been convicted of something? You heard God’s voice. What about realizing you have a habit or desire that is wrong? You are hearing God’s voice. The Holy Spirit wants us to come to Jesus today. His comfort is for today. The Holy Spirit moves us to obedience today and not tomorrow. The urgency is for today.
Today, when we hear God’s voice, we are free to obey or disobey. We can choose to procrastinate until we can find a more convenient time. Chuck Smith has said, “I believe that this one thing has caused more people to miss the highest and descend to the lowest than in any other way. Not antagonism of God, but admiration and postponement of decision. To refuse to obey is to soon lose the sense of urgency. To fail to walk in the light is to soon lose the admiration for the light. To just linger in the gleam will cause it to fade, and finally we will think it was just our imagination.”
I just added being a light to someone on my “To Do” list for today that I write down every morning. Why didn’t I ever think to have that on my daily list of things to do before? I want to be alert in hearing God’s voice and not procrastinate in this needed mindset throughout my day today. Shining the light of Jesus into another person’s life, as I seek to trust and obey Him gives me joy and is a priority, besides the other to do items I need to accomplish for the day.
I remember the old hymn’s lyrics Trust And Obey:
When we walk with the Lord
In the light of His word
What a glory He sheds on our way
While we do His good will
He abides with us still
And with all who will trust and obey.
Trust and obey
For there’s no other way
To be happy in Jesus
But to trust and obey.
What is God asking you to do today? As the enemy prowls are you being hit with guilt, shame, frustrations, or feelings of failure? Frustrations seem to be one of my greatest challenges I have realized recently. Stand firm in your position, your faith, your hope, and identity in Christ. Strap on your armor. Declare “I will put my trust in him” (Hebrews 2:13a). Don’t procrastinate. He may not give you tomorrow.
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