Sip Saturday
Week #15 Hebrews 2:1
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Cornerstone Scripture:
"Therefore we must pay much closer attention to what we have heard, lest we drift away from it."
-Hebrews 2:1 ESV
"Hey."
I ignored the voice, lost in my reading world.
"Hey!"
The sleuth crept closer, her freshly cut hair itchy against her neck, I read.
"HEY!"
I looked up, shocked to see my best friend hovering over me. The noiseless world of my imagination suddenly became filled with sound.
"Finally, I got your attention," she said. "Silent Reading Time has been over for five minutes."
"Ten minutes!" I gaped at her. "How did I not even notice?"
She shrugged her shoulders. "I guess you weren't paying attention."
"Alright class, that's enough chit-chat," our teacher announced. "Turn to page 22 in your math textbook. We'll be going over division today."
I groaned and pulled out the appropriate book. I tried to concentrate, but my teacher's voice began sounding like something out of a Charlie Brown movie. When I glanced back up at the board, I realized I had missed an important step.
My friend is right, I thought, I need to pay more attention.
This event happened when I was in second grade. As a seven-year-old, I had a limited attention span. Yet, even as I got older, I realized how hard it was for me to pay attention. I would often have to take notes, or mentally remind myself that I was chasing rabbit trails. It wasn't until my brother was diagnosed with ADHD that I realized I might have a mild form of it myself. The ability to pay attention to things would take some major coping strategies.
Attention is a very important skill to master. After all, paying attention to someone's words is a sign that you love that person. This is especially the case if that person is talking about something that isn't relevant to you.
How much more important is it to pay attention to the teaching, preaching, and discussing of God's Word? The author of Hebrews warns its audience that not paying attention may cause a Christian to drift away from the truth. No woman in a right relationship with God would want to walk away from Him simply by ignoring his truth. These words in Hebrews remind me of that line from a famous hymn:
"Let Thy goodness, like a fetter,
bind my wandering heart to thee.
Prone to wander, Lord I feel it;
Prone to leave the God I love.
Here's my heart; O, take and seal it,
Seal it for Thy courts above."
Robert Robinson, the hymn writer, must have known what it was like to wander away from God. He penned these words with the hopes of bringing his heart back in a right relationship with God. I think the author of Hebrews must have felt that way, too. Let that be our desire, too.
Let's pray.
Dear Lord, help me to pay attention to your Word, wherever and whenever it is being preached. Let me not wander or drift away from you, but hold steadfast. In Your Son's Name I pray, Amen.
Amen 🙏
🙏 Amen!