Precious Possession

What is your most precious possession? What might you rescue in a fire? Many of us would identify family photographs or some such items that remind us of our family history. The people closest to us are usually very precious to us, and my experience from taking hundreds of funerals tell me that this is true for very many people. What we value most are those nearest and dearest. When ultimate questions are asked, we are not that interested in possessions.

But for much of our lives, we don't live as though our most precious possessions are the people around us. We can easily be distracted by work, hobbies, and playing around with assorted toys or gadgets, so that our closest family and friends don't get the time that they deserve.

The same often goes for how we treat Jesus. 

So the writer to the Hebrews reminds his audience that in Jesus we have a very precious possession. ' So then, since we have a great High Priest who has entered heaven, Jesus the Son of God, let us hold firmly to what we believe. (Hebrews 4.14)

We are reminded that ' we have a great High Priest who has entered heaven, Jesus the Son of God', in the sense of possessing this relationship. So we are encouraged to make the most of our possessing Jesus as our great High Priest. He is the One who can bring our concerns and experience into the very presence of God, and make the difference we need. ' So let us come boldly to the throne of our gracious God. There we will receive his mercy, and we will find grace to help us when we need it most.' (Hebrews 4.16)

Finding mercy & grace to help us just about covers all the bases that we will encounter today. So let us make use of our precious possession, Jesus, today!

Best wishes,

Richard