Hebrews 4:6-7
“Those earlier ones never did get to the place of rest because they were disobedient. God keeps renewing the promise and setting the date as today, just as he did in David’s psalm, centuries later than the original invitation: Today, please listen, don’t turn a deaf ear…”
“So God’s rest is there for people to enter, but those who first heard this good news failed to enter because they disobeyed God. So God set another time for entering his rest, and that time is today. God announced this through David much later in the words already quoted: ‘Today when you hear his voice, don’t harden your hearts.’”
We must pay attention to today. The past reminds us, and the future calls, but the only time we really have is this moment. When we leave good undone that particular opportunity will never come again. It is this moment’s sin that defiles us. Though eternal, God stands firmly in the middle of today. So should we.
Lord, time washes over me when I am ill. It happens so often now. I cannot understand how to live each moment more fully when my mind and body are so handicapped. Please, show me how.