Today's short thoughts, taken from Hebrews 6:12, is the completion of the author's sentence began in verse eleven. So, although my focus will be on the twelfth verse, I will include both verses in the scripture quotation. "And we desire that each one of you show the same diligence so as to realize the full assurance of hope until the end, that you may not be sluggish, but imitators of those who through faith and patience inherit the promises."
Have you ever found yourself sluggish in the faith? Perhaps even now sluggishness would best describe your walk in the Lord. Sluggishness might refer to a lack of involvement in ministry, in prayer, in the reading of His word, or a slowness to respond to known needs and concerns within the body of Christ. Without a doubt it is God's will that we not be sluggish in the faith.
I think today's passage suggests that sluggish conduct in the life of a believer is representative of a lack of living by faith. Walking by faith leaves no room for sluggishness while the flesh is prone to find itself in this state. Although each one of us, at one time or another, has found ourselves sluggish in our walk with the Lord, His earthly life was void of sluggish conduct. Always doing the will of His Father was the description of His life.
May we ask God to forgive us for our sluggishness in the faith. May we look to Him and all that He provides us to be actively walking in the good works He has prepared. By faith, may we walk in the Spirit and not give sluggishness an opportunity to ours. May we look to imitate those in the body of Christ who have lived lives of faith and patience in their walk with Him.
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