BBD 09.09.21 Wavering (Classic)

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Classic from 2003

The Burning Bush Devotional

09 September 2021

Wavering

Therefore,
brethren, having boldness to enter the Holiest by the blood of Jesus, by a new
and living way which He consecrated for us, through the veil, that is, His
flesh, and having a High Priest over the house of God, let us draw near with a
true heart in full assurance of faith, having our hearts sprinkled from an evil
conscience and our bodies washed with pure water. Let us hold fast the
confession of our hope without wavering, for He who promised is faithful. And
let us consider one another in order to stir up love and good works, not
forsaking the assembling of ourselves together, as is the manner of some, but
exhorting one another, and so much the more as you see the Day approaching. -
Hebrews 10:19-25.

In the
United Kingdom, one of their largest power generating stations was virtually
shut down because of a chimney problem. An old, unused chimney smokestack
started swaying in the high winds. A spokesperson said of the situation at that point, "Only the most essential staff are at the plant, we
are carrying out a risk assessment." 150 of the plant’s 200 employees were sent home during the crisis.
But thankfully, after the winds died down the chimney had stabilized by the
next day and the plant was again operating under normal conditions.

The writer
of Hebrews is speaking to Christians when he says, "Let us hold fast the confession of our hope without wavering…." It seems there was some wavering going on in the early church much
like a chimneystack wavering in a high wind. In our modern culture, and a world
of increasing danger, it appears that there is more and more of the wavering
going on. We think, will there be another terrorist attack? Will
they detonate a dirty bomb in our country? Or, do they have a
suitcase nuclear device? Or, will it be a biological attack using
smallpox before we can all be vaccinated? Maybe it will be anthrax? Maybe
it will be VX gas or some other deadly chemical agent that they will use? Others
of us are more worried about our financial situation, and
whether we will be able to continue putting food on the table. Others are
concerned about their health situation, which is growing worse.

There is
a multitude of winds blowing against our lives. There are the winds of drug
abuse and the winds of lust. Some of the winds threaten to blow us apart, and
it seems like we are being assaulted by a tornado or a hurricane. But whatever
it is, it is not that much different than some of the storms the early
Christians faced. The writer of Hebrews assures them and us that, "He
who promised is faithful." We must
remind ourselves that we are no longer what we once were but have, "boldness to enter the Holiest by the blood of Jesus, by a new and
living way which He consecrated for us…." He is faithful, and we may come to Him boldly through the blood of
our Savior. He who has saved us has the power to hold us, sustain us, and keep
our wavering faith standing even through these storms, which keep coming
upon us.

The "day" is approaching when
our Lord will return and surely that "day" is closer now than ever before. As we see the "day" approaching let us
stand through His faithfulness provoking, encouraging and loving one
another "and so much the more!"

Copyright © 1998 - 2021. Ed
Wrather. The Burning Bush website has been online since January 31, 1998. On
June 8, 1998, the email version of the Burning Bush Devotional was first sent.
Ed Wrather began writing devotionals in the early 1990s. The distribution of
those first devotionals was primarily through the Burning Bush Newsletter sent
to prison facilities throughout the United States and Canada.

Visit the
Burning Bush website:

www.theburningbush.net

The Burning Bush websites are
celebrating 23 years online since January 31, 1998. Since June 8, 1998 the
Burning Bush Devotional has been spreading the truth of God's Word to subscribers
across the world. At one time there were 18,000 subscribers in more than 70
countries to the devotional but that has now shrunk to around 9,000.

You can leave comments/feedback
about the devotionals at www.theburningbush.net.

There is a translation tool on
theburningbush.net website in the top right-hand corner of all of the pages.

Check out the Scripture Index being constructed for the Devotionals at
the Burning Bush website. The Links are in about the middle of the home page.
Topics for each devotional are now being added to the Index.

Please pray for comfort and
peace for those who have lost loved ones in Afghanistan and healing for the
wounded. Please pray for the Americans and others left behind in Afghanistan. May
they all look to the Lord for help….

Please pray for the people
of Afghanistan and the people of Haiti. Pray that America would turn back to
God. Please pray for protection of our troops especially in Afghanistan and
help for Americans and those who are fearing for their lives there in that
place. May God help them all!!

Please pray for God to touch and
bring about His will in these lives: Caleb Freeman; Pat S.; Buck & Barbara
Wright; GWEN PRUET; James Perkins and his wife; Vonnie; Evi Porter; Kinsey W; Addison;
JoJo, Bailey and Nicky; Ralph and De Chapman; Hilary; Cody Stahlman; Patsy M.; Todd
Higgins; Brandy and Jadyn’s Dad; John W.; Patricia Rohman and Lisa Butler who
has had a stroke; Scott J.; Karla W.; Clayton T. and Sarah; Clark S.; Lana
Bass; Matthew Collins; Marjean C.; Bradley E.; Fern McVey; Nannie R.; and Shonda
Hutson.

Please pray for the coronavirus
COVID19 pandemic to come to an end. Pray for treatments and a cure for the virus
to be rapidly found and deployed. Pray for all those afflicted to be healed and
for our leaders to have supernatural wisdom and ability to lead us through this
pandemic.

Please pray for an end to the
rioting, looting, wanton destruction, and the racial hatred in the USA and that
it will be replaced with peace and love. May God help the USA! Many prayer
needs are posted at the Burning Bush website on the Prayer Request page. You
can also post your prayer requests there (Of
course, I am always in need of prayer - please pray for me. 03.18.18 I accepted the call to be the pastor of Fairview
Baptist Church in Elk City, Oklahoma. Please pray for me and for this church.).

You can contact Ed Wrather at
theburningbushdevotional@gmail.com

If you enjoy the devotional please
recommend it to your friends. They may subscribe by sending a blank email to burningbushdevo-join@welovegod.org

There is a complete devotional
archive at the old Burning Bush website. Here is the URL: http://www.theburningbush.org/DevotionalArchive.html.

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Classic from 2003

The Burning Bush Devotional

09 September 2021

Wavering

Therefore,
brethren, having boldness to enter the Holiest by the blood of Jesus, by a new
and living way which He consecrated for us, through the veil, that is, His
flesh, and having a High Priest over the house of God, let us draw near with a
true heart in full assurance of faith, having our hearts sprinkled from an evil
conscience and our bodies washed with pure water. Let us hold fast the
confession of our hope without wavering, for He who promised is faithful. And
let us consider one another in order to stir up love and good works, not
forsaking the assembling of ourselves together, as is the manner of some, but
exhorting one another, and so much the more as you see the Day approaching. -
Hebrews 10:19-25.

In the
United Kingdom, one of their largest power generating stations was virtually
shut down because of a chimney problem. An old, unused chimney smokestack
started swaying in the high winds. A spokesperson said of the situation at that point, "Only the most essential staff are at the plant, we
are carrying out a risk assessment." 150 of the plant’s 200 employees were sent home during the crisis.
But thankfully, after the winds died down the chimney had stabilized by the
next day and the plant was again operating under normal conditions.

The writer
of Hebrews is speaking to Christians when he says, "Let us hold fast the confession of our hope without wavering…." It seems there was some wavering going on in the early church much
like a chimneystack wavering in a high wind. In our modern culture, and a world
of increasing danger, it appears that there is more and more of the wavering
going on. We think, will there be another terrorist attack? Will
they detonate a dirty bomb in our country? Or, do they have a
suitcase nuclear device? Or, will it be a biological attack using
smallpox before we can all be vaccinated? Maybe it will be anthrax? Maybe
it will be VX gas or some other deadly chemical agent that they will use? Others
of us are more worried about our financial situation, and
whether we will be able to continue putting food on the table. Others are
concerned about their health situation, which is growing worse.

There is
a multitude of winds blowing against our lives. There are the winds of drug
abuse and the winds of lust. Some of the winds threaten to blow us apart, and
it seems like we are being assaulted by a tornado or a hurricane. But whatever
it is, it is not that much different than some of the storms the early
Christians faced. The writer of Hebrews assures them and us that, "He
who promised is faithful." We must
remind ourselves that we are no longer what we once were but have, "boldness to enter the Holiest by the blood of Jesus, by a new and
living way which He consecrated for us…." He is faithful, and we may come to Him boldly through the blood of
our Savior. He who has saved us has the power to hold us, sustain us, and keep
our wavering faith standing even through these storms, which keep coming
upon us.

The "day" is approaching when
our Lord will return and surely that "day" is closer now than ever before. As we see the "day" approaching let us
stand through His faithfulness provoking, encouraging and loving one
another "and so much the more!"

Copyright © 1998 - 2021. Ed
Wrather. The Burning Bush website has been online since January 31, 1998. On
June 8, 1998, the email version of the Burning Bush Devotional was first sent.
Ed Wrather began writing devotionals in the early 1990s. The distribution of
those first devotionals was primarily through the Burning Bush Newsletter sent
to prison facilities throughout the United States and Canada.

Visit the
Burning Bush website:

http://www.theburningbush.net

The Burning Bush websites are
celebrating 23 years online since January 31, 1998. Since June 8, 1998 the
Burning Bush Devotional has been spreading the truth of God's Word to subscribers
across the world. At one time there were 18,000 subscribers in more than 70
countries to the devotional but that has now shrunk to around 9,000.

You can leave comments/feedback
about the devotionals at http://www.theburningbush.net.

There is a translation tool on
theburningbush.net website in the top right-hand corner of all of the pages.

Check out the Scripture Index being constructed for the Devotionals at
the Burning Bush website. The Links are in about the middle of the home page.
Topics for each devotional are now being added to the Index.

Please pray for comfort and
peace for those who have lost loved ones in Afghanistan and healing for the
wounded. Please pray for the Americans and others left behind in Afghanistan. May
they all look to the Lord for help….

Please pray for the people
of Afghanistan and the people of Haiti. Pray that America would turn back to
God. Please pray for protection of our troops especially in Afghanistan and
help for Americans and those who are fearing for their lives there in that
place. May God help them all!!

Please pray for God to touch and
bring about His will in these lives: Caleb Freeman; Pat S.; Buck & Barbara
Wright; GWEN PRUET; James Perkins and his wife; Vonnie; Evi Porter; Kinsey W; Addison;
JoJo, Bailey and Nicky; Ralph and De Chapman; Hilary; Cody Stahlman; Patsy M.; Todd
Higgins; Brandy and Jadyn’s Dad; John W.; Patricia Rohman and Lisa Butler who
has had a stroke; Scott J.; Karla W.; Clayton T. and Sarah; Clark S.; Lana
Bass; Matthew Collins; Marjean C.; Bradley E.; Fern McVey; Nannie R.; and Shonda
Hutson.

Please pray for the coronavirus
COVID19 pandemic to come to an end. Pray for treatments and a cure for the virus
to be rapidly found and deployed. Pray for all those afflicted to be healed and
for our leaders to have supernatural wisdom and ability to lead us through this
pandemic.

Please pray for an end to the
rioting, looting, wanton destruction, and the racial hatred in the USA and that
it will be replaced with peace and love. May God help the USA! Many prayer
needs are posted at the Burning Bush website on the Prayer Request page. You
can also post your prayer requests there (Of
course, I am always in need of prayer - please pray for me. 03.18.18 I accepted the call to be the pastor of Fairview
Baptist Church in Elk City, Oklahoma. Please pray for me and for this church.).

You can contact Ed Wrather at
theburningbushdevotional@gmail.com

If you enjoy the devotional please
recommend it to your friends. They may subscribe by sending a blank email to burningbushdevo-join@welovegod.org

There is a complete devotional
archive at the old Burning Bush website. Here is the URL: http://www.theburningbush.org/DevotionalArchive.html.

Devotion vs Devotional: We do our
devotions, we read devotionals.

You can unsubscribe to the burningbushdevo devotional group by
sending a blank email to burningbushdevo-leave@welovegod.org and then respond
to the confirmation email.

You may subscribe to the html text group (Because of time constraints
the devotional is only being sent now in html format) by sending a blank email
to burningbushhtml-join@welovegod.org and you may unsubscribe by sending a
blank email to burningbushhtml-leave@welovegod.org and then respond to the
confirmation email. If the link does not work, copy and paste the link.

To unsubscribe, send ANY message to: burningbushdevo-leave@welovegod.org