Hebrews 6:1-3 | What's the lesson for me today?
Go On To Perfection
The instruction that the writer of Hebrews gives here is to go on to perfection, moving beyond the elementary principles of Christ. Many of us may wince at such words. "But we will never be perfect! We cannot be perfect!" The objections are out of our mouth before we even consider what obedience might look like. As such, I have found so much stagnancy in the walks of many. There are many places we are instructed in perfection. The Lord Himself said to, "Be perfect; for I am perfect." Paul to the Philippians says that he presses on to perfection even though he has not yet attained it. Christ has laid hold of it for him, so he seeks to lay hold of Christ. Due to the fact that we do not believe such a thing is possible, we immediately write it off in our own lives.
Do you know that we can in fact be fully pleasing to the Lord? Paul prays that the church of Colossae would be fully pleasing to the Lord. We have it in Scripture. It has been a constant thing for the people of God to disagree with His commands, calling it impossible. When the spies looked at the Promised Land, they saw an amazing land full of all that the Lord had promised. However, there were giants in the land, so they saw it as impossible to conquer. 10 of the 12 spies agreed it couldn't be done. The congregation of Israel sided with the 10 and they were left wandering the wilderness for 40 years. Those that believed got to enter that rest. Those that didn't perished in the wilderness. Do not see these things as too mighty for God. Remember that He has placed His Holy Spirit in you.
That all being said, I want to ease your mind for but a moment to explain what perfection looks like according to this passage. We often look at the term perfect and recognize it as without flaw or without limitation. When we are faced with our own limitations, which God designed in us, we see flaw. We over-define sin all over the place and simple mistakes can cause us to believe that biblical perfection is unattainable. The way Scripture defines perfection is as mature or complete. The goal of the writer of Hebrews is to ask the reader to grow in maturity. Go on to completeness. Don't stay on the milk of the word, but grow up. Now that is something most of us would agree can and should be done. So let us then move on to this completeness and maturity as Scripture instructs. It would do us well, and it is pleasing to the Lord.
What lesson are you taking for today?
Do you know that we can in fact be fully pleasing to the Lord? Paul prays that the church of Colossae would be fully pleasing to the Lord. We have it in Scripture. It has been a constant thing for the people of God to disagree with His commands, calling it impossible. When the spies looked at the Promised Land, they saw an amazing land full of all that the Lord had promised. However, there were giants in the land, so they saw it as impossible to conquer. 10 of the 12 spies agreed it couldn't be done. The congregation of Israel sided with the 10 and they were left wandering the wilderness for 40 years. Those that believed got to enter that rest. Those that didn't perished in the wilderness. Do not see these things as too mighty for God. Remember that He has placed His Holy Spirit in you.
That all being said, I want to ease your mind for but a moment to explain what perfection looks like according to this passage. We often look at the term perfect and recognize it as without flaw or without limitation. When we are faced with our own limitations, which God designed in us, we see flaw. We over-define sin all over the place and simple mistakes can cause us to believe that biblical perfection is unattainable. The way Scripture defines perfection is as mature or complete. The goal of the writer of Hebrews is to ask the reader to grow in maturity. Go on to completeness. Don't stay on the milk of the word, but grow up. Now that is something most of us would agree can and should be done. So let us then move on to this completeness and maturity as Scripture instructs. It would do us well, and it is pleasing to the Lord.
What lesson are you taking for today?
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