First off, I would like to apologize for my absence. Saturday was my birthday and I had every intention of writing a devotional but honestly just couldn’t find time for it as part of my family came to Greenville and celebrated with me and we just had a good time. I am back and I will do my best to remain as consistent as possible. Once again, I apologize. But here we go!

Reading: Hebrews 13

“Jesus Christ is the same yesterday and today and forever.”

-Hebrews 13:8

It’s so easy to read the Bible and think “Wow, this is so weird and no way it applies to me in any way at all.” or “Jesus did all this in this day but what is he doing for us? Why can’t I watch Jesus perform miraculous things?” But verse eight of Hebrews chapter 13 is so clear...JESUS IS THE SAME TODAY AS HE WAS BACK IN THAT DAY...and get this….JESUS WILL ALWAYS BE THE SAME. As we have been through Hebrews, we’ve learned a lot and been convicted a ton. We learned or were reminded that Jesus is greater than the prophets, angels, and even Moses. We learned or were reminded that Jesus is God in human form, fully God and fully human, as he was tempted and suffered a human death. We are convicted to not harden our hearts, the writer of Hebrews depicts the Word of God as alive. We were told that because Jesus was perfect in every single way and was without sin, that he was able to die for all of our sins and thus guarantee those who believe in and follow him, eternity. We learned or was reminded soooo much about faith; to grow in it and to live by it. We are told that Jesus’ blood is what saved us, and we are told about our race that we are called to run as Christians. And all of this is concluded in reminding us that this same Jesus who came to earth, raised people from the dead, healed the sick, set the oppressed free, showed us how to live, empowered women in a culture where they were treated as nothing, and then was put to death on cross, died, and then rose again. THIS IS THE SAME JESUS. I don’t know about you but whenever I hear that this is how God remains to be I am just so filled with joy. God loved us so much that he came to earth in human form. God loved us so much that he died on the cross for our sins. God loved us so much that he performed many miraculous things. God loves us so much that he came to earth in human form. God loves us so much that he died on the cross our sins. God loves us so much that he performs many miraculous things. Look for them, they are there.

Pray that Jesus opens your eyes to what kind of miraculous things he’s doing in the world today. Pray that you can be hands and feet for these miracles. He’ll put you where he wants you. Thank you, God. Amen

*This concludes Hebrews. I hope that everyone has learned at least one new thing and has been impacted positively. We will begin a new book tomorrow. It’s a good book, but one that probably won’t be chapter to chapter based as Hebrews is.