Persistence . . .

Hebrews 12–all of Hebrews–for that matter has much to say to us as we strive to live lives that please God.  I was thinking about Hebrews 12 today, so I looked it up, and this portion spoke to me specifically:

12Therefore lift your drooping hands and strengthen your weak knees, 13and make straight paths for your feet, so that what is lame may not be put out of joint but rather be healed. 14 Strive for peace with everyone, and for the holiness without which no one will see the Lord. 15See to it that no one fails to obtain the grace of God; that no “root of bitterness” springs up and causes trouble, and by it many become defiled; 16that no one is sexually immoral or unholy like Esau, who sold his birthright for a single meal. 17For you know that afterward, when he desired to inherit the blessing, he was rejected, for he found no chance to repent, though he sought it with tears.

I love they way the passage starts . . . “lift your drooping hands and strengthen your weak knees.”  Man, can I relate!  But I am also struck by how interrelated our attitudes and actions are and ultimately how our pity parties can lead to damaging the church and hindering the gospel.

Just thinking out loud about things that are hard to accept but, oh so, necessary.