Hebrews 3:16 KJV
For some, when they had heard, did provoke: howbeit not all that came out of Egypt by Moses.
Some, when they had heard did provoke: howbeit not all....
I want to be among the "not all" crowd. The majority seem to always pick a path of unbelief.
Like Gideon's men, when once a pruning is complete we may want to say among ourselves, "We have arrived. We are not like them. We have made the cut. We are the believers." but among those that made the cut; among the remnant there was still a majority whose services God could not use and again a remnant was cut out.
I want to always be in that remnant who follow Christ and not the majority. I want to always be in that smallest number who are the believers. For that to happen I have to keep my eyes wide open. There will certainly be temptations to be a part of a crowd. It is the way of the flesh, popularity anonymity, ease. These are the tendencies that we are most prone to go after. But the people of God, though a small number, always follow the Lord. It makes them different, unique and it makes them often stand out even among those they would have considered peers. But they are the ones we want to imitate, not those who grieved the Lord through unbelief.
For some, when they had heard, did provoke: howbeit not all that came out of Egypt by Moses.
Some, when they had heard did provoke: howbeit not all....
I want to be among the "not all" crowd. The majority seem to always pick a path of unbelief.
Like Gideon's men, when once a pruning is complete we may want to say among ourselves, "We have arrived. We are not like them. We have made the cut. We are the believers." but among those that made the cut; among the remnant there was still a majority whose services God could not use and again a remnant was cut out.
I want to always be in that remnant who follow Christ and not the majority. I want to always be in that smallest number who are the believers. For that to happen I have to keep my eyes wide open. There will certainly be temptations to be a part of a crowd. It is the way of the flesh, popularity anonymity, ease. These are the tendencies that we are most prone to go after. But the people of God, though a small number, always follow the Lord. It makes them different, unique and it makes them often stand out even among those they would have considered peers. But they are the ones we want to imitate, not those who grieved the Lord through unbelief.
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