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*DAILY DEW 10TH/JUNE/2021*
*FEAR SEEKS HELP* (II)
_Key Bible Text:_
*"Who in the days of his flesh, when he had offered up prayers and supplications with strong crying and tears unto him that was able to save him from death, and was heard in that he feared"* (Hebrews 5:7 (KJV))
_Bible Insight:_
Chapter five of Hebrews, skillfully compared the High Priesthood of Jesus with that of Melchizedek. In verse 7, it stated that when Jesus was in the flesh, he offered prayers and supplications with strong crying and tears unto him that was able to save him from death. This passage could have stopped. Instead, it added, Jesus was heard in that he feared. Wow. Jesus feared!? Yes. And for that, He was heard!
Let's back-track. Where or when did Jesus offer such prayers and strong crying? Luke 22:42-44 provides this information, particularly Luke 22:44 (KJV): *"And being in an agony he prayed more earnestly: and his sweat was as it were great drops of blood falling down to the ground."*
It is vital that when we see things that cause us to fear, we take the matter to the one who can help us. If Jesus did this, we too must do likewise. Positive fear or positive response to fear is never giving up simply because of fear but taking the matter to God in prayers and trusting God to provide solution.
*MEDITATION:*
*In the days of His flesh [Jesus] offered up definite, special petitions [for that which He not only wanted but needed] and supplications with strong crying and tears to Him Who was [always] able to save Him [out] from death, and He was heard because of His reverence toward God [His godly fear, His piety, in that He shrank from the horrors of separation from the bright presence of the Father].* (Hebrews 5:7 (AMP))
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*DAILY DEW 9TH/JUNE/2021*
*FEAR SEEKS HELP*
_Key Bible Text:_
*"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 (KJV))
_Bible Insight:_
If you are a King James lover or student, you will see that Hebrews 4, starts with a line about "Fear" and ends with a line about "help". You can actually do some editing and remove all the words and verses in between, and you will be left with *"Let us therefore fear, .... and find grace to help in time of need."* Fear seeks help. Fear not only seeks help, it needs help.
Fear makes us realize we can't do it on our own. We need an external helping hand. Fear is not out of place in the life of the believer. A lot of teachings banish fear completely and demonize fear. There are many instances in scripture calling us to fear, directly and indirectly. Today's key text is one of such.
Fear, in this context drives us to seek help from God. It drives us to realize that the subject matter causing the fear is one that without our reliance on God, we wouldn't be able to handle on our own.
*MEDITATION:*
*Now, God has offered us the promise that we may receive that rest he spoke about. LET US TAKE CARE, then, that none of you will be found to have failed to receive that promised rest.* (Hebrews 4:1 (GNB))
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*DAILY DEW 8TH/JUNE/2021*
*HELP IS NEAR*
_Key Bible Text:_
*"Let us therefore come boldly unto the throne of grace, that we may obtain mercy, and find grace to help in time of need."* (Hebrews 4:16 (KJV))
_Bible Insight:_
There is an important background to Hebrews 4:16. The three verses that come before verse 16 is very instructive. Let's begin with verse 13.
*Hebrews 4:13 (KJV) Neither is there any creature that is not manifest in his sight: but all things are naked and opened unto the eyes of him with whom we have to do.*
The point of this verse is clear. You can't "form for" God. You can't do cover ups. It's futile. He is everywhere and all knowing. You have nothing to hide. You can hide from your best friend, your parents or your partner or your pastors etc. Hey dear, you can't hide anything from God. This should encourage us to actually draw near to him. Knowing that, after all, He knows it all. Moving from this is verse 14.
*Hebrews 4:14 (KJV) Seeing then that we have a great high priest, that is passed into the heavens, Jesus the Son of God, let us hold fast our profession.*
We have a great height priest, who have taken the road we are now taking and who saw all the twists and turns but made it to heaven. So we are encouraged to keep holding up and never turn away from the faith. This finally leads to verse 15.
*Hebrews 4:15 (KJV) For we have not an high priest which cannot be touched with the feeling of our infirmities; but was in all points tempted like as we are, yet without sin.*
This is about the most beautiful of these lines of verses. Our great high priest is neither naive nor "innocent". This means, He knows all there's to know about human feelings, failings and flaws. He knows the great temptations that rocks our boats and resolve. He knows the feeling of wanting to give up or being fed up. This finally brings us to the key text of today.
Based on the foregoing, let us come boldly unto the throne of grace. Let's us not despair. Let us not think that our mistakes or poor choices of the past are too damaging. Rather, let us seek help. There is enough grace and help to go round. There is plenty mercy to serve our messy selves.
*MEDITATION:*
*We have a great height priest, who have taken the road we are now taking and who saw all the twists and turns but made it to heaven unscathed*
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*DAILY DEW 7TH/JUNE/2021*
*Dangers of Unbelief*
_Key Bible Text:_
*"Take heed, brethren, lest there be in any of you an evil heart of unbelief, in departing from the living God."* (Hebrews 3:12 (KJV))
_Bible Insight:_
Unbelief is also known as doubt. Unbelief in something is not believing in that thing. This means there is a passive and negative belief in "unbelief". When someone does not believe in God, it means the person believes in anything else but God. Unbelief towards God is damaging to the soul. Unbelief in the word of God is the basis for lost of faith in God. Unbelief in the Gospel is the greatest sin there is:
*Hebrews 4:2 (KJV) For unto us was the gospel preached, as well as unto them: but the word preached did not profit them, not being mixed with faith in them that heard it.*
Do you have faith in the word of God/the Gospel? Keep holding up. Don't ever stop. Belief is not once and for all. Belief can change or dwindle. If you don't keep at it, you may lose it. If you don't strengthen it, you will weaken it. It is as Jesus said: he who doesn't gather with Jesus is scattering. Likewise, he who doesn't strengthen his faith or belief in God and His word, is diluting his convictions and allowing it to be scattered.
People move from lack of faith to believers in faith. Likewise, people move from having faith to losing it or doubting God or even hating God. It is a two way traffic. You must ensure you are making progress in whatever path you choose.
You make daily progress as you keep practice of the faith. We must be faith or belief practitioners. We don't take it for granted. We take heed. If we don't take heed, we may be taken away, carried away, departing from the living God. God forbid.
*MEDITATION:*
*Let us labour therefore to enter into that rest, lest any man fall after the same example of unbelief.* (Hebrews 4:11 (KJV))
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*DAILY DEW 6TH/JUNE/2021*
*REDISCOVERING THE WAY* (III)
_Key Bible Text:_
*"I appeal to you to be shepherds of the flock that God gave you and to take care of it willingly, as God wants you to, and not unwillingly. Do your work, not for mere pay, but from a real desire to serve."*
(1 Peter 5:2 (GNB))
_Bible Insight:_
Sometime in 2005, we invited a preacher to minister in our local church. He was highly recommended and so my Dad reached out to him. He spelled out what he wanted as honorarium. That was strange because up until that time, my Dad accepted invitations to preach without even thinking about honorarium. However, he agreed to his terms and made excuses for him.
On the last day of the meeting, the guest minister suddenly veered off the plan of the meeting and started raising funds. In his words, 'God led him to do that'. When the meeting was over, he was entertained and handed his honorarium which he earlier demanded. Guess what? He wasn't happy. Later that week, the person who recommended him called my Dad and told him that the minister complained bitterly. He said he raised money for the ministry and expected something extra as honorarium. Ah! My naive Dad, who thought he was really being led by the Spirit to raise support for the church, was so shocked.
A few years after, I got to find out that some ministers deliberately raise money in meetings they've been called to preach in just to have a share in the offering. What kind of motive is this? You even lie on the Holy Ghost just because of money?! While some are serving the Lord Jesus, others are only serving their belly. While some are in the ministry, others are simply in business. May we not be led astray by worldy appetites. Ministry is about impacting lives with the gospel. So simple!
And there are those who say they will never go to preach in places where the honorarium isn't juicy and fat. To those ones we say, ANATHEMA (away from us!).
*MEDITATION:*
*It is necessary to stop their talk, because they are upsetting whole families by teaching what they should not, and all for the shameful purpose of making money.* Titus 1:1 (GNB))
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