Samuel D. High
sdhigh@aristotle.net
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From: "Apostle Tom" <pressingon@hotmail.com>
Sent: Sat, 09 Jun 2007 14:46:37 -0500
To: pressingon@hotmail.com
Subject: Morning Manna (June 10); BP: Heb. 4:1-13; RBTTY: Jn. 19:1-22; II Chron. 32-34
June 10 “So Close, Yet So Far”
“Let us, therefore, fear, lest a promise being left us of entering into His
rest, any of you should seem to come short of it.”
Hebrews 4:1
Being near is not being in.
Picture this: You’re running late for your flight. You jump out of
your car. You run through the airport, bags in tow, finally reaching the
boarding area just as they’re closing the door to the jet-way that leads to
your plane.
You plead with the agents. You wave your ticket in front of their
faces. You tell them why it’s so vitally important that you get on that
plane.
But, with passionless faces and cold, stern voices they look you in the
eye and say, “We’re sorry. The door is now closed. The plane’s been
boarded and is now leaving. And, you’ve been left behind.”
You were soooo close.
But, still, you were left behind. . .left out. . .a missed flight and
missed opportunities. How great your disappointment and heartache!
Yet, in reality, none of that can compare to the seriousness of today’s
Manna—for the writer is talking a much graver subject than missing a flight.
He’s talking about missing “God’s Rest.”
Now, some would interpret this as meaning Heaven. And, is there any
greater fear than this? No, not at all—for how terrible shall be that day
when the King of kings, with nail-scars in His hands, shall say, “Depart
from Me, you worker of iniquity; I never knew you” (Mt. 7:23).
Yet, it’s possible to interpret this “Rest” as missing out on all that
God has prepared for us as His children in the here-and-now. What professor
is there who will gladly stand and say, “Oh, I know what Jesus has done for
me—and I so appreciate His dying for me on the Cross. But, you see, I’ve
got things to do and places to go. And, I know He’ll understand that I’ll
come to worship when I can and give what I can.”
Is that right?
Hmm. . .perhaps such a one better re-read those words “Let us,
therefore, fear.”
For sure, when we stand before Almighty God, He’s going to ask us “What
did you do with My Son, Jesus?” Hopefully, the answer will be: “I invited
Him into my heart as my Savior.”
But, then, He’s likely to ask “And what did you do with what I gave
you?” You see, dear Pilgrim, our Lord never intended for us to become
spiritual “reservoirs,” where we horde His blessings; instead, we are to be
“conduits” through whom He blesses others and furthers His Kingdom. May the
Holy Spirit help us today to take seriously God’s Word, lest we hear those
mournful words in eternity: “So close, yet so far.”
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