Be Loud

DEVOTION

HEBREWS

BE LOUD

Heb 13:7-8
7 Remember your leaders, who spoke the word of God to you. Consider the outcome of their way of life and imitate their faith. 8 Jesus Christ is the same yesterday and today and forever. 
NIV


Surely these leaders were the first disciples of Jesus, the apostles in fact, of which many were martyred by the rage of the Jewish leadership. The outcome of their life was death in the most horrible of ways because they refused to denounce Jesus Christ as the Messiah, the Son of God, and their salvation. Surely in our cultural we should not expect such barbaric treatment as believers in Christ. We certainly could expect a peaceful death surrounded by our love ones, celebrating our passing from this life into life everlasting in the presence of our Lord and Savior. But still at the same time we should imitate the faith of those men who died for their faith. We should live out all the days of our life exhibiting that kind of faith. Their trust was completely in Christ, not in any part of this world. We should dedicate ourselves to that kind of life, thinking only of Christ and being of service to Him who died for our sins to give us eternal life. What man on this earth has ever come close that kind of gift for us? What thing in the world could provide anything greater for us then Jesus Christ did? What He did for them, He did for us, as He never changes. His act of love for them, and for us, is also available to everyone that is to come, should He tarry in His second coming. As believers, life should not be about us, but about Jesus. We have to examine our lives and see how much time we spend in our own pursuits, our own desires, and our own self-interests verses the amount of time and energy we spend in the His pursuits, His desires, and His interests. In fact, we really have to examine whether we actually live by the same kind of faith as those men of old, or if we live a life of pseudo faith. If we actually mimic the kind of faith these men had, we would live in a way no one could ever have a doubt that we are Born Again believers In Jesus Christ. But if we live so similar of a lifestyle, with the same ambitions and goals of the unbelievers, striving for as much of this world’s goods as they can accumulate, how will they ever know what kind of faith we have? We need to live our faith out loud, not just in voice, but is every aspect of our life. Be loud!