Aggressively chase after peacemaking with everyone while you seek the personal holiness that enables your relationship with the Lord, God. (Hebrews 12:14)
When someone wrongs you, do you understand
that the Lord wants you to pursue
peace with that person? Do you see that your right-living; your holiness, is
closely connected with your relationships with your people? Remember, it is God
who has brought these people into your life. There is a purpose. How can you
obey His vision for your life if you cannot make peace with the people He gave
you to help you in that work?
The writer of Hebrews repeats these two
challenges – repeatedly (Hebrews 10:23-28, 10:34-38, 13:1-6,13:16). They seem
to be a very import part of his values framework. He joins the two values at
every opportunity. Could this be one disciple’s effort to wrestle with the
words of Jesus when He said, “Love the Lord you God with everything in you –
heart, soul, and mind…. And… love your neighbor in the same way you love
yourself? (Matthew 22:37,39)” Reading this letter, it also seems he has found a
paradox. By peacemaking with others, the writer sees a pathway to right-living
and inner peace that he desires for himself. Such insight is available to you
if you take the values framework God gives you seriously and ask Him to
increase your understanding of His will for you.
Find the peace the Lord provides as you grow
in relationship with Him.
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