Readings:
Jeremiah 23:23-29
Psalm 82
Hebrews 12:1-14
Luke 12:49-56
The Holiness Goal
So many people hit difficult times and wonder if God is really there, or really cares. The writer of Hebrews gave a long history of God’s faithfulness in Hebrews 11, and in Ch. 12, he gives some great advice to these early Christians, suffering under persecution. He reframes suffering as discipline, captures our imagination, and directs our habits. These steps move to understand that the goal of this life is not comfort, but holiness.