God Is The Builder Of Everything

Therefore, holy brothers and sisters, who share in the heavenly calling, fix your thoughts on Jesus, whom we acknowledge as our apostle and high priest. He was faithful to the one who appointed him, just as Moses was faithful in all God’s house. Jesus has been found worthy of greater honor than Moses, just as the builder of a house has greater honor than the house itself. For every house is built by someone, but God is the builder of everything. “Moses was faithful as a servant in all God’s house,” bearing witness to what would be spoken by God in the future. But Christ is faithful as the Son over God’s house. And we are his house, if indeed we hold firmly to our confidence and the hope in which we glory.

Hebrews 3:1-6

Hebrews 3 brings a faithful servant and a faithful Son to the reader’s attention. Though the faithfulness of Moses as God’s “servant” is undeniable, Jesus is the one believers are taught to focus on. “Therefore, holy brothers and sisters…fix your thoughts on Jesus.” Such was the encouragement to all wo face temptation. Their legacy could come only from following Jesus, the faithful One.

What do you do when the winds of temptation are swirling all around you? When you are weary and worn and want to quit? The text invites us to, as one paraphrase renders it, “Take a good look at Jesus.” Look at Him again – and again and again. As we reexamine Jesus, we find the trustworthy Son of God who gives us courage to live in His family.

Looking to Jesus can give us courage to face the challenges in our lives.

Our Daily Bread – April 29, 2018