Life Walk: Hebrews 5:9-6:12
Rebecca Lightfoot
Hebrews 5:9-6:12 is a warning against a veering away from a “life walk” that leads to what only God knows is best for our lives,& leads to our lives “storing up treasures in Heaven” that Jesus talks about (Matthew 6:19-21).Hebrews 5:9-14 begins this warning by saying,”Although HE(Jesus Christ)was a son, he learned obedience through what he suffered.And being made perfect, HE became the source of eternal salvation to all who obey HIM(seek&follow him),....About this we have much to say, and it is hard to explain, since you have become dull of hearing.For though by this time you ought to be teachers, you need someone to teach you again the basic principles of the oracles of God(God’s Word). You need milk(what someone else says about God), not solid food(learning what God says directly to each of us via His Word&His Spirit),for everyone who lives on milk is unskilled in the word of righteousness, since he is a child.But solid food is for the mature, for those who have their powers of discernment trained by constant practice(seeking&following Jesus via His Word &His Spirit)to distinguish good from evil.”.This warning begins with THE most SIGNIFICANT reason for a mind/heart/life veering away from the “life walk” that leads to what only God knows is best for our lives,& also leads to our lives “storing up treasures in Heaven”. This reason being our not “weaning off of milk”/our not seeking to become skilled in the word of righteousness/not diligently seeking to know what God says in His Word AND not learning how to knead what God Teaches into our lives!When this diligence is not a part of our lives,we become dependent on what other people say,instead of dependent on what God Says!And when this happens over and over,we will eventually have minds/hearts/lives that slowly veer far from The Heart of The Living God...and unable to effectively distinguish the difference between good and evil....leaving our mind/heart/life tragically exposed to deceptions of all kinds that can lead us away from the Promises that God’s Love has for us.This is why we read in the last sentence of the warning of Hebrews 5:9-6:12,”We do not want you to become lazy,but to imitate those who through faith and patience inherit what has been promised.”.We must not be spiritual lazy,by ONLY feeding on milk and not seeking to feed on “the meat” of what God reveals as we Seek to learn more about His Word and Seek to Follow what we learn with the Help of His Spirit.And we must seek to have people in our lives that demonstrate a sincere Faith in Christ,& a sincere Perseverant “Life Walk” with Christ,so they may be the RIGHT kind of influence/RIGHT kind of encouragement for our mind/heart/life.Dear Lord Jesus,Thank You for the loving FACT that You have PERSONALLY given me Your Word to become the richest of nutrition for my everlasting life... the nutrition that Jesus talks about when confronted by Satan(Matthew4:4,”It is written,man shall not live by bread alone,but by every word that comes from the mouth of God”!).I pray for Your help in staying true to seek Your Heart for me in Your Word,& for the Help of Your Spirit to knead Your Truths into every aspect of my mind/heart/life.And grant me a growing discernment that leads me to those around me which You have placed in my life to be Your vessels of RIGHT encouragement & RIGHT influence for me.