JESUS SEES OUR DEEPEST DESIRES AND UNDERSTANDS WHAT OUR TRUE NEEDS ARE—EVEN WHEN WE DON'T.
AUGUST 6, 2025
HEBREWS 4:13-16
WE’VE ALL WONDERED WHAT HEAVEN IS REALLY LIKE. IF YOU HAD THE ABILITY TO CREATE SUCH A PLACE, WHAT WOULD YOU WANT TO SEE THERE?
AT FIRST THE ANSWER SEEMS EASY, BUT AFTER SOME THOUGHT, IT BECOMES APPARENT WE COULD NEVER CLEARLY IDENTIFY THINGS THAT WOULD GIVE ETERNAL SATISFACTION—EVERYTHING FALLS FAR SHORT. THE SAD TRUTH IS, SOME PEOPLE SPEND A GREAT DEAL OF TIME PURSUING SOMETHING (OR SOMEONE), ONLY TO COME TO THE CONCLUSION THAT IT WASN’T WHAT THEY WANTED. THE PROBLEM IS THIS: LEFT TO OURSELVES, WE MAY NOT KNOW WHO OR WHAT IT IS WE WANT.
THAT’S ONE REASON WE HAVE A GREAT HIGH PRIEST PRESIDING OVER THE THRONE OF GRACE. HEBREWS 4:13 SAYS, “THERE IS NO CREATURE HIDDEN FROM HIS SIGHT, BUT ALL THINGS ARE OPEN AND LAID BARE TO THE EYES OF HIM WITH WHOM WE HAVE TO DO.” IN OTHER WORDS, JESUS CHRIST SEES WHAT IT IS WE WANT AND NEED, EVEN WHEN WE DO NOT RECOGNIZE WHAT THAT MIGHT BE.
BETTER STILL, HE IS LOVINGLY ENCOURAGING US TO “DRAW NEAR WITH CONFIDENCE TO THE THRONE OF GRACE, SO THAT WE MAY RECEIVE MERCY AND FIND GRACE TO HELP IN TIME OF NEED” (HEB. 4:16). BE ASSURED THAT JESUS, YOUR GREAT HIGH PRIEST, KNOWS THE TRUE DESIRES OF YOUR HEART. HE IS FITTING YOU FOR HEAVEN, A PLACE PERFECTLY PREPARED FOR YOU.
BIBLE IN ONE YEAR: ISAIAH 58-62
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