Hebrews 3:12-13
“Take care, brethren, lest there should be in any of you an
evil, unbelieving heart, in falling way from the living God. (13). But
encourage one another day after day, as long as it is still called ‘Today’,
lest anyone of you be hardened by the deceitfulness of sin.”
I definitely know what it’s like to
have a hardened heart. I have been in places where all I feel is anger and
apathy. I have had people nickname me rain cloud before, mostly because my cold
disposition and my scowling face. Call me Scrooge. What turns a person into
this little ball of bitterness? Well, for me, it was being wrapped up in sin. I
was doing things I knew for a certain to be wrong, whether you look at it from
a spiritual or an ethical code of morality, it was wrong. I got to the point
where I didn't really feel guilt or shame anymore. It’s a terrible place to be
in. I thought by being a person who didn't give a crap over anything would mean
I wouldn't feel bad, but that was just a short lie that I bought with no return
receipt. A hardened heart can’t learn, can’t grow, and most importantly, can’t
love. Life is pointless without love. I just didn't even have a reason to get
out of bed in the morning. It killed my aspirations, my passions, and my
relationships. How stupid of me. Sacrificing all of life’s greatest treasures
for the world’s worst trash.
I love
the fact that the verse says as long as it’s called today, encourage each
other. What I love to see in this verse is not some kind of Christian pep rally;
that we pat all of ourselves on the back for giving a homeless man a five
dollar gift card to McDonald's but rather people just living out their lives in
love. That goes for everyone. Don’t talk down to the person taking your order
at Chili’s. Let your coworker talk about their new video game that they’re
excited about. Don’t be condescending towards those who have different beliefs.
Despite of who they are at that moment or who they have been in the past, Jesus
loves them and so should you. I don’t know how to make that any clearer. There
are a lot of people with hard hearts towards Jesus because of His followers.
Your “bad mood” or close mindedness can be the actions to turn another’s heart
toward the deceitfulness of sin.
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