// Read: Hebrews 10:32-39 //
32 Remember those earlier days after you had received the light, when you endured in a great conflict full of suffering. 33 Sometimes you were publicly exposed to insult and persecution; at other times you stood side by side with those who were so treated. 34 You suffered along with those in prison and joyfully accepted the confiscation of your property, because you knew that you yourselves had better and lasting possessions. 35 So do not throw away your confidence; it will be richly rewarded.
36 You need to persevere so that when you have done the will of God, you will receive what he has promised. 37 For,
“In just a little while,
he who is coming will come
and will not delay.”[a]
38 And,
“But my righteous[b] one will live by faith.
And I take no pleasure
in the one who shrinks back.”[c]
39 But we do not belong to those who shrink back and are destroyed, but to those who have faith and are saved.
MEDITATION:
Many people are Christians today because of what God can give them (treasures of the earth) and when it is not forthcoming they leave but our passage today talks of a different experience. Verses 32-34 says that ye endured a great light afflictions, made gazing stock both by reproaches and afflictions, took joyfully the spoiling of your goods knowing in yourselves that ye have in heaven a better and an enduring substance. Beloved, the Christian race is not a fanfare; there is a price to pay to have treasures in heaven. Are you willing to pay it?
PRAYER: Pray that you will pay the price for treasures in heaven gracefully.