Last week I had the privileged of teaching the book of Hebrews to the Biblical Core Course. It was a great experience, one that I hope to repeat in the future. I can honestly tell you that in the beginning of the planning stages of the school I had decided to teach a book mainly because of budget reasons. But as I began to study the book of Hebrews it amazed me, encouraged me, and simplified things for me. I had already enjoyed the book of Hebrews but once I began to prepare to teach it I fell in love with it. It's amazing how that can happen when you dig in and seek the Lord.
Hebrews is all about Jesus. If I was too sum it up in one word it would be Jesus. Maybe it's the fact that Hebrews is all about Jesus is why I loved it so much. I think many times we can get distracted by different issues which may be Godly but shouldn't be our focus. I believe our focus should be on Jesus which is what the book of Hebrews says in the big picture view. From our focus on Jesus comes, helping the poor, teaching children, evangelizing, and so on.
I've learned a lot over the past couple months when I was preparing for last week. And I think I can say that a few things were challenged in my life. Hebrews speaks to Hebrew Christians who were having doubt's about Jesus, they were drifting away and struggling in their faith. They began to look back at the Old Covenant, The Law. They began to think "maybe I was wrong about Jesus, maybe the old way is better". They began to look back at what used to be their life instead of looking forward to the future of a life with Christ. As I was studying, this really stuck out for me. At the time I was desiring to go back to Canada, go to university and basically live the dream. But through my studies in Hebrews I realized that I was looking back at what could have been, what I could have. But that's not what God has called me too. God called me too Tijuana and I will be here until God says to leave. Now I'm not saying that my life or calling is any better than anyone else's. I believe that God has different callings on different people and all are vital.God kicked me in the butt and I can happily say that I'm refocused on my future with Christ and am not looking back to what could have been. God knows what He is doing and I am looking forward to what's coming.
Thanks for reading and God Bless.
