Hebrews ~ Week 1– Friday – Chapters 7-8

Heb.8:10 – This is the covenant I will make with the house of Israel after that time, declares the Lord. I will put my laws in their minds and write them on their hearts. I will be their God, and they will be my people.

Oh how well I remember the day when the reality of Heb.8:10 became a reality to me. Even as a young believer I believed AND UNDERSTOOD that I didn’t have to try to keep the law. I wanted to keep the laws and commandments laid out by God in the scripture. If you’re reading this don’t think for a second that I think my ability to “keep God’s commandments” or to “be good” will gain me entrance into Heaven or that i think I can score points with God. I totally understand the reality of Eph.2:8,9 which remind us that it is by grace we are saved thru faith. I share the above with you because it was so good to be able to get out from under the heavy yolk of a “religious system” that taught that I had to be “good enough” to get into heaven. That I had to go to a man (who himself was imperfect) to have my sins forgiven. I was free. I was free to love God because I wanted to love God. How could I not love God when I finally understood what he did for me.

In his mercy, wisdom and grace God planted his will for my life deep in my mind and deep in my spirit. I don’t have the kind of mind that the author of our commentary has, but I have been given a spiritual mind. I can know many things about God and I can safely say that I know His will for my life is to learn to become more like his son. If I and/or others don’t have a desire to learn about God, to submit to His will, to trust and obey then I question whether we have the right kind of spiritual mind.