Daily Devotion, June 26, 2023

 

Devotion:

Read Hebrews 1:1-4; 4:14-16.

The writer of Hebrews makes the point throughout this book that Jesus is superior to anything else we might look to as holy. In the first part of today’s passage, we are told that Jesus is one with God, making Jesus superior to the angels. In the passage from Hebrews 4, we see that Jesus is the perfect high priest. The Latin word for priest is “pontifex,” and it literally means “bridge-builder.” Priests’ work is largely building bridges between people and God.

The writer is making the point that Jesus is the perfect builder of bridges between us and God. Why is this? Since Jesus is one with God, Jesus knows the Father perfectly. Jesus came in the form of a human being and lived among us. Jesus experienced times of testing, and he learned in those times how difficult tests and temptations can be for us. Jesus was fully God and fully human during his time on earth, and he knows us intimately. Let’s be honest…most of us do not like to think about the time of our being judged, but we can take hope in knowing that we will be judged by God who knows us and has been one of us.

Personal Worship Option:

Pray with me: Thank you, Almighty Father, for sending your Son into the world to show us how to live and then to die as an atonement for our sin. Thank you also that your Son returned to you having been one of us. You know us so well, and we desire to know you deeply. Amen.