Hebrews 2:10-18 | What's the lesson for me today?
Following My Captain
6 He who says he abides in Him ought himself also to walk just as He walked.
-1 John 2:6
-1 John 2:6
To understand that Jesus is the Captain of our salvation is to recognize that He is the one we must follow. Most of us find that to be a suitable reality. After all, we have signed up for following Jesus. I have grown in the impression that we don't always realize what that means. Most believers I talk with believe that the Lord will keep us from dangerous situations and lead us into comfortable lives. Maybe we won't say it that way, but we will live like it. When suffering comes, we turn to the Lord like He has done something wrong. In reality, I think we have poor theology around what following the Lord looks like.
The Lord is the Captain of our salvation. He was made perfect through suffering. If we are following the Lord, why do we suddenly think we ought to be preserved from suffering? Being a believer heavily includes that we would sign up for suffering. Are we willing to follow the Lord through that suffering? He has joyfully engaged in that for what was set before Him. What was it that was set before Him but the reconciliation with His people? That was worth the suffering to Him. Surely the Lord can be worth the suffering we must endure.
It often astounds me the attitude of the apostles in their suffering. They rejoiced because they were counted worthy to suffer for Christ's sake. Even in myself I can instead turn to self-blame or anger at the circumstances. Joy in trial is often a far thought from our minds. Can we follow our Lord through such trials and walk as He walked, suffering joyfully?
The Lord is the Captain of our salvation. He was made perfect through suffering. If we are following the Lord, why do we suddenly think we ought to be preserved from suffering? Being a believer heavily includes that we would sign up for suffering. Are we willing to follow the Lord through that suffering? He has joyfully engaged in that for what was set before Him. What was it that was set before Him but the reconciliation with His people? That was worth the suffering to Him. Surely the Lord can be worth the suffering we must endure.
It often astounds me the attitude of the apostles in their suffering. They rejoiced because they were counted worthy to suffer for Christ's sake. Even in myself I can instead turn to self-blame or anger at the circumstances. Joy in trial is often a far thought from our minds. Can we follow our Lord through such trials and walk as He walked, suffering joyfully?
4Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death,
I will fear no evil;
For You are with me;
Your rod and Your staff, they comfort me.
-Psalm 23:4
I will fear no evil;
For You are with me;
Your rod and Your staff, they comfort me.
-Psalm 23:4
We do not fear the evil we await. The Lord is in fact with us. That does not mean we go through no trial. That does not mean we do not suffer. The valley of the shadow of death is a suffering state. These are not the green pastures and still waters the previous passage speaks of. The are deep, treacherous valleys that are laden with danger. Nevertheless, the Lord, our Shepherd, our Captain, leads us through these places. He will guide our steps. But if, out of fear, we turn and run, we are leaving the One who would be our guide. I pray that we may be willing to follow our Captain, even through the suffering we have been promised.
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