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Daily Devotionals
Day by Day Devotional - Year 5 of 5
Hebrews 4:8-16
Until we enter the divine rest as children of God we are still facing the toil of our walk, service and warfare. But we are not left without resources, three of which this chapter mentions. The first is the Word of God. Today we hear His voice . . . That Word takes care of our inward state. Living, it brings life to us; powerful, it does its work in us (Ephesians 6:17 presents it to us on the other hand as an offensive weapon). Finally piercing — let us allow ourselves to be searched by it.
But beside the sin which the Word exposes and condemns, we find in ourselves weakness and infirmities. God has provided for these through two other resources. He has given us a great High Priest, full of understanding and compassion. As Man here below, Christ experienced every kind of human suffering in order to be able "in time of need" to show all His varied love toward His feeble redeemed people. Secondly He opened the way for us to the throne of grace. We are exhorted to come there in prayer with so much more liberty and confidence since it is there that we meet our beloved Saviour. Is it there, and only there, that we seek help? (Psalms 60:11).
