Hebrews 1,2a God, who at sundry times and in divers manners spake in time past unto the fathers by the prophets, Hath in these last days spoken unto us by his Son …

Here again I find myself refreshed in Word much like hitting the refresh button at the top of this web browser. You know that is when the page can be viewed but all the activeX controls aren’t working and the cursor arrow doesn’t change to a pointed hand, or the cursor is frozen.

I know this passage and it said so much to me about how God’s Word was used to foreshadow the future. So much prophesy, so much information about the coming Christ, all to know Him when we see Him. At the time of the writing of Hebrews the authors use of “these last days” was relevant to the times and people to whom the letter was sent.

Something happened this morning to refresh the Word for me, to make it active and alive in that moment. I wasn’t seeking answers, I wasn’t seeking instructions, I wasn’t seeking anything, yet suddenly “these last days” became alive in the moment, the activeX controls showed that they were ready to perform their tasks with a mere click of the button.

It was almost like watching a delayed tape replay and hearing the announcer say “We’re back live.” What that means for you I do not know. What it did to me was to bring a sense of excitement and urgency to the here and now. The future is upon us and it is not a time to fall asleep.

1 Thessalonians 5:6 Therefore let us not sleep, as do others; but let us watch and be sober.

A day is coming.

Hebrews 4:12 For the word of God is quick, and powerful, and sharper than any twoedged sword, piercing even to the dividing asunder of soul and spirit, and of the joints and marrow, and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart.

Much is said about the mind and the heart throughout scriptures and from my perspective it has not always been clear as to the division of responsibility. Memories fail and we misquote. We have compassion on others and often our actions to help make things worse. Suddenly I become confused as to the fuzzy lines between choices and intentions.

I wonder even now as I write if what I see is of any use to help. Then I look back over the scripture and there it is, plain as day and obvious. The Word of God is….. I am not. My thoughts and intentions are not, the Word of God is. It is not that my fails or my intentions are wrong, it is that far too often I proceed without the help, advice and direction of the Word of God.

We like children grow and break the chains of dependency from our parents. They raised us to take over our own lives and make decisions. We do not check in with dad unless we get in trouble. Then so often it isn’t guidance we seek. Do we treat God the same way? Have we gotten comfortable or do we only seek God as backup?

The heart if the seat of intention. Intention is great, it is desired to be godly, but intention in and of itself does not know how to enact the will of God. The lines are drawn by the Word of God, accessed and determined by obedience of faith. You know where faith comes from.

Romans 10:17 So then faith cometh by hearing, and hearing by the word of God.