Yesterday we were reminded in Hebrews 10:23 that we need to hold on to the confession of our hope without wavering. As Christians, we have a solid and secure certainty of God’s care. The writer of Hebrews tells us that “He who promised is faithful.”
There is no better way to begin a new year than to be reminded of God’s love for us. We are loved by the Almighty Creator of the Universe! He knows us individually, all our thoughts are open to Him, all our ways are known. Still, He loves and cares for us.
That love that goes vertically, between our Father God and us, is open to us because of the work that Jesus Christ our Savior did on the cross. But we must also remember that while the cross reaches vertically from us to God, it also reaches horizontally from us to the world.
Right after the writer of Hebrews tells us to hold on to the confession of our hope, he also tells us that we must care for others. “And let us be concerned about one another in order to promote love and good works.” [Hebrews 10:24]
Our relationship with our faithful God is not exclusive. There is an old song titled “Jesus and Me.” Catchy title, but there is far more to this Christian experience than “Jesus and Me.” It truly is “Jesus and We!”
We are to promote love and good works in one another. That little word translated as “promote” in verse 24 in the Holman Christian Standard Bible literally means to “jab someone so they must respond.”
Every now and again we all need a little “jab” to get moving again in the right direction!