11 But he who is greatest among you shall be your servant.-Matthew 23:11 It is an unfortunate reality in the modern church that we have lost the ability to sit in awe and wonder. When it comes to devotions or teachings, we long for application. We want to see how it applies to our lives and what course of action I need to take. The problem with that line of thinking is that the Scriptures do not a...

We have already briefed on the connections through our previous devotion, but I want for us to dive deeper. Psalm 8 is being quoted here, and it is out of that we see the joining together of the destiny of man and the work of the Lord. The Psalm is not very long, so I will share it here as it will help us to glean from what Hebrews is telling us.     1      O LORD, our Lord,    How excellent is Yo...

We bear witness to the humility of the Son but also the majesty of the Son in this passage. There is a humble realization that the passage recognizes. The world was not given in subjection to angels. It was entrusted to mankind. Psalm 8 is quoted here, and from it we glean some incredible truths. The Lord Almighty is mindful of mankind. He considers them and cares for them. Man does not reach as h...

5 For He has not put the world to come, of which we speak, in subjection to angels. 6 But one testified in a certain place, saying:    “What is man that You are mindful of him,    Or the son of man that You take care of him?    7      You have made him a little lower than the angels;    You have crowned him with glory and honor,    And set him over the works of Your hands.    8      You have put a...

    10      Be still, and know that I am God;    I will be exalted among the nations,    I will be exalted in the earth!-Psalm 46:10 Take time in quiet meditation today and recognize the reality the God is God and you are not. Let that be the meditation that brings your heart into submission today. If He is God, your problems are not. Your concerns are not. Your fears are not. Your victories are n...

I remember those early years of desperately wanting a cell phone. All of my friends were getting cell phones and I so horribly wished I could have one. I remember a conversation when I asked my dad why I could not have one and he looked at me and said, "I can see how you treat everything else I have given you, why should I entrust you with something as valuable as this?" That stuck with me. It cau...

3 how shall we escape if we neglect so great a salvation, which at the first began to be spoken by the Lord, and was confirmed to us by those who heard Him-Hebrews 2:3 ameleō-to be careless of; neglectThis is the word that is used in the above passage. I think it is particularly notable that the passage does not concern itself with rejection. Instead it is concerned with neglect. It is one thing t...

9How can a young man cleanse his way?By taking heed according to Your word.-Psalm 119:9 It is a deeply found instruction to take heed according to the Word of God. Doing so serves as protection for the believer. It also serves to bless them in cleansing their way of all the sinful junk that would be before them. The life of a believer is a relatively simple one. It is not complex and ever demandin...

Therefore we must give the more earnest heed to the things we have heard, lest we drift away.-Hebrews 2:1 We are faced with a fairly broad context when reading this verse. We may understand the instruction to give more earnest heed. We may even understand the warning of drifting away. That, however, does not answer what we are to give the more earnest heed too. Could it be the testimony of the pro...

10 Therefore, brethren, be even more diligent to make your call and election sure, for if you do these things you will never stumble; 11 for so an entrance will be supplied to you abundantly into the everlasting kingdom of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.-2 Peter 2:10-11 We are given a solemn warning in our passage in Hebrews. There is instruction given followed by consequence. The entire passage...

Therefore we must give the more earnest heed to the things we have heard, lest we drift away. 2 For if the word spoken through angels proved steadfast, and every transgression and disobedience received a just reward, 3 how shall we escape if we neglect so great a salvation, which at the first began to be spoken by the Lord, and was confirmed to us by those who heard Him, 4 God also bearing witness...

Yesterday, I shared out of Proverbs 3:5-6. We are not done with that. Today we are bringing it before the Lord. Set aside at least 15 minutes and meditate on this Scripture. Like the writer of Hebrews, see how much greater the Lord is over these other voices. Heed the voice of the Son. Pray that the Lord would highlight anything that may not be submitted to Him and any way you may not be acknowled...

It is a regular practice of my life to pay attention to the voices in my life and weigh whether I am putting too much weight on any particular one. Many people organize their lives by saying that Jesus has to be number one. I actually have an issue with that. To say that Jesus is number one does not exact the Christian life. The Christian life is entirely informed by the Son. There is no number 2....

I believe there is a very important exercise that has taken place in this chapter that we would do well to employ ourselves. Every voice that speaks into their lives is called into question in comparison of the Son. The influences of their fathers, the prophets, and even the angels were brought into comparison of the Son. Are we willing to do the same? 5 Now therefore, thus says the LORD of hosts:...

4 having become so much better than the angels, as He has by inheritance obtained a more excellent name than they.-Hebrews 1:4This verse is the launchpad for one of the lessons of this section. It is simply that Jesus is better than the angels. In our modern theology, this may not seem so impressive. Given the last 2,000 years of having this revelation has stopped us from being in awe of this fact...