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14 May 2020 Our Daily Bread (odb.org)By: Adam R. Holz

For by one sacrifice he has made perfect forever those who are being mad holy.

Hebrews 10:14

Todays Scripture: Hebrews 10:11-18

11Day after day every priest stands and performs his religious duties; again and again he offers the same sacrifices, which can never take away sins. 12But when this priest had offered for all time one sacrifice for sins, he sat down at the right hand of God, 13and since that time he waits for his enemies to be made his footstool. 14For by one sacrifice he has made perfect forever those who are being made holy.

15The Holy Spirit also testifies to us about this. First he says:

16This is the covenant I will make with themafter that time, says the Lord.I will put my laws in their hearts,and I will write them on their minds.

17Then he adds:

Their sins and lawless actsI will remember no more.

18And where these have been forgiven, sacrifice for sin is no longer necessary.

They just repaved this road, I thought to myself as the traffic slowed. Now theyre tearing it up again! Then I wondered, Why is road construction never done? I mean, Ive never seen a sign proclaiming, The paving company is finished. Please enjoy this perfect road.

But something similar is true in my spiritual life. Early in my faith, I imagined reaching a moment of maturity when Id have it all figured out, when Id be smoothly paved. Thirty years later, I confess Im still under construction. Just like the perpetually potholed roads I drive, I never seem to be finished either. Sometimes that can feel equally frustrating.

But Hebrews 10 contains an amazing promise. Verse 14 says, For by one sacrifice he has made perfect forever those who are being made holy. Jesus work on the cross has already saved us. Completely. Perfectly. In Gods eyes, we are whole and finished. But paradoxically, that process isnt done yet while were still on earth. Were still being shaped into His likeness, still being made holy.

One day, well see Him face-to-face, and we shall be like him (1 John 3:2). But until then, were still under construction, people who anxiously await the glorious day when the work in us is truly complete.

Do you ever get frustrated that spiritual progress seems slower than you expected? How does this passage from Hebrews encourage you to think about your spiritual growth?

Faithful God, sometimes I get frustrated that my spiritual progress seems slow. Help me to remember that Youre still at work in my life, shaping me and helping me to become more and more like You.

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