“Therefore we ought to give the more earnest heed to the things which we have heard, lest at any time we should let them slip” (Heb. 2:1).
Something very serious has been happening to the Body of Christ. We’ve been letting the truths which we have learned—the truths about how to live by faith and in righteousness—slip.
In my own life, for example, there have been times when I’d pray for healing. I’d say all the right words, “Thank God, I believe I receive…” and all that. But inside I’d be thinking, I wonder why God isn’t healing me?
You see, even though I’d said that I believed I was healed, I hadn’t really. I’d staggered at the promise of God, believing what my body told me instead of the Word of God.
I don’t care how long you’ve been a believer or how long you’ve been living for God. You can easily slip into unbelief about the promises of God. And once you do, it will cost you dearly.
“But if slipping into unbelief is so easy,” you may say, “how can we avoid it?”
Hebrews 4:11 says: “Let us labour therefore to enter into that rest, lest any man fall after the same example of unbelief.”
We must labor! Not by working with our hands and feet or struggling to get God to do something, but by spending time in God’s Word —hanging on to the promises of God by faith day after day. We must labor by hearkening to the Word and refusing to let it slip.
Don’t get casual about the Word. Don’t make the mistake of thinking, Oh, I know all that faith stuff. I know how to receive my healing. If you do, you’ll slack off and one of these days the devil will catch you unprepared and steal you blind.
Instead, dig more deeply in the Word than ever. Labor! Be diligent to keep your faith from slipping-and you won’t have to fall!
Scripture Reading: Hebrews 10:23-39
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