DON’T FAIL THE WORD!

Hebrews 3:15 KJV
While it is said, To day if ye will hear his voice, harden not your hearts, as in the provocation.

Dear Believer,

The passage above is directed at you. The idea behind it is, when you hear from God, get up and obey.

Let me ask you: can God’s Word fail in a Believer’s life?

Many people will say no, but looking at it critically, we can say it depends.

In Matthew chapter 13 when the sower sowed his seeds, some did well and some didn’t. Jesus said there was nothing wrong with the seed, but some of the soils were bad, so the seed couldn’t grow there.

Jesus said further that the seed was the Word. So the failure had nothing to do with the seed.

When the Word seems to fail in a Believer’s life, the Believer’s heart is the issue. The Word doesn’t fail people, people fail the Word!

In our Bible focus passage today, the author of Hebrews made it clear that even though God gave His Word to the people who came out of Egypt, it didn’t work.

The Word was okay. The voice of God was unequivocal, but the people hardened their heart and perished. They never got into the rest that God had prepared for them.

Hebrews 3:16 OEBus
Who were they who heard God speak and yet provoked him? Were not they all those who left Egypt under the leadership of Moses?

It is a waste of time to harden one’s heart against the Word of God. It is like an egg making itself as hard as it can, preparing to break a rock. It doesn’t matter if it attacks the rock or the rock attacks it. There can be only one outcome.

So when anyone hardens their heart against the Word, they are preparing themselves for failure. The Word doesn’t break, but it breaks anything that comes against it.

Many are more comfortable with fasting and doing all kinds of activities to ‘move the hand of God,’ and this is good. However, simple obedience to the Word is what gets a Believer into the plan of God for his life. Nothing else can take it’s place, no matter how sacrificial. That is why the scripture says;

1Samuel 15:22 NET
…Does the LORD take pleasure in burnt offerings and sacrifices as much as he does in obedience? Certainly, obedience is better than sacrifice; paying attention is better than the fat of rams.

Don’t harden your heart against the Word; simply obey it. It is not merely the truth that you know that frees you, it is the truth that you walk in.

Have a beautiful day!

Your friend,
Deon.
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For more study read Genesis chapter 3