Hebrews 6:11-12
11 Our great desire is that you will keep on loving others as long as life lasts, in order to make certain that what you hope for will come true. 12 Then you will not become spiritually dull and indifferent. Instead, you will follow the example of those who are going to inherit God’s promises because of their faith and endurance.
-Spiritually dull and indifferent may sound like a common occurrence in the lives of most Christians. There are most certainly times of peaks and valleys. There are those moments when we feel as if God is close enough to touch, and then there are those times when we feel he is a million miles away.
The truth in the words of Hebrews are some of the most poignant when it comes to the strategy of fighting those "desert" experiences in our walk with Christ. It is easy to find ourselves discouraged when we look in the mirror and remember every spiritual flaw. It is easy to feel dry and empty when we think of all of the disappointments that we have experienced. The writer of Hebrews proclaims that to avoid these moments of being "Spiritually dull and indifferent" we must "keep on loving others as long as life lasts."
It turns out that the believer who takes the focus off of them and places it on others stays sharp and filled with vision to accomplish the things God has called them to. If we want to stay strong we must go against the grain of our culture; they long to be fed, they want to boost their resume's, and they are constantly climbing to the top of the ladders of success. The word of God says that to become the greatest you must become the least. The word of God says that God opposes the proud but he lifts up the humble. The word of God says if you want what is best for you then you can't constantly look in the mirror, but instead look in to the eyes of others.
Where are you looking today?
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