The Practical Life of God's People

The Practical Life of God’s People
Hebrews 13.1-8

‘Sex, power, money, suffering. Tomorrow morning’s newspaper will be full of it; it’s what sells, it’s what some people think makes the world go round. Meanwhile, you can look through the newspaper from end to end for a mention of Jesus. There may be one or two hints (perhaps someone copying the Beatles and claiming to be more famous than him!), but he won’t dominate the urgent trivia that is pushed at us day by day and week by week.

Yet here, in the closing chapter of one of the great documents of early Christianity, we find sex, power, money, suffering – and Jesus. What’s more, he’s the one who makes sense of all the rest. He is the same ‘yesterday, today and for ever’. The writer wants us to realize that, if your faith is firmly rooted in him, none of the forces that blow people off track and into the newspapers need harm you...

Taken from Hebrews for Everyone – by Tom Wright