The Bible was not given for our information but for our transformation. —D. L. Moody
During the 1900s, the death rate for nine different diseases dropped by 100 percent. By exposure through injection, public immunity was generated, and life expectancy increased.
But in other realms, inoculation works against us. In fact, I believe that repeated exposure to church might be keeping some of us from being anchored in Christ.
We must pay the most careful attention, therefore, to what we have heard, so that we do not drift away. (Hebrews 2:1)
The author of Hebrews begs us to combat inoculation by paying closer attention to what we’ve heard. Paying closer attention was a nautical term referencing the only action that keeps a boat from drifting—tying it to its mooring. Essentially, we are being told to anchor ourselves to Jesus.
As we look around these days, we see entire churches ‘drifting’ because they aren’t anchored to Christ and His love. What is the solution? There are probably many of them. But here is a good place to start. We can tether ourselves to Jesus and His life, His life of love. We tether ourselves to ‘what we have heard,’ the good news of God’s outrageous love for us. We believe it, we live in it, we rest in it… together.
Jesus, turn my eyes to You from whatever might have caught my stare. As I see You and Your loving disposition, make me this way too, I pray. Amen.