Hebrews 3:7
13 But encourage one another daily, as long as it is called “Today,” so that none of you may be hardened by sin’s deceitfulness.
Paul is talking directly to me on this one. Today is the day, not tomorrow, next week next month, or next year. Today we should encourage each other, and the next day that carries the name today….we should encourage each other. Oh how easy it is to say well tomorrow I will witness more, later in the week I will take the time to encourage my friend who is struggling, because I am just too busy today. Next month, I will give more, next year I will do more…..always tomorrow, and never today. Paul warns against us becoming hardened by sin’s deceitfulness. Now the Greek word used is apate meaning delusion From the Greek word: Apatao; delusion: - deceit (-ful, -fulness), deceivableness (-ving). I point this out because when we stop encouraging each other daily, we do become delusional, or as a lot of people call it today…….reasonable. If we quit encouraging each other daily, suddenly lying starts to become something that we can’t avoid in today’s society, tearing each other down is “just how it is today”, the stealing, cheating, look the other way attitude sets in, and what starts out being a little white lie every now and then easily turns into lying to get your way, or stealing as much as you can get…..you get the idea, when we lose sight of the Lord, the worldly views of society start to make perfect sense. The deceitfulness of sin hardens our heart. So we must engage each day. I can promise you there is someone out there that needs to hear form you today. There is a person in your life that is hoping that you call, you stop by, or you drop a line to give the encouraging, replenishing, soul reviving, life fueling, high octane, love of the Lord…….but will we? Will we follow through? Will we take Paul’s challenge and encourage each other daily? You know Bob Marley was shot once, and he was right back out there on stage. When he was asked why he did not take anytime off to recover he said: The people out there trying to make this world worse never take a day off, so why should I?” Today, today is the day, and Bob is right, we can’t take a day off. I can promise you the Devil sure does not, not does his agents. Keep your hearts soft with the Love of the Lord, and make it a point to encourage at least one person today, then challenge them to do the same.
God Bless,
Brian Thetford
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