Check for Leakage

“Therefore, we ought to give the more earnest heed to the things which we have heard, lest at any time we should let them slip.” Hebrews 2:1

The writer of Hebrews connects chapter two to the first one, where he speaks of Christ’s superiority over the prophets and sovereignty over the angels God created. In times past, God communicated His word through history, the prophets, poetry, proverbs, and angelic messengers. Then God sent His Son, Jesus, to complete His divine work.

The unnamed writer urges us to listen to, retain, and live by God’s Word that we’ve heard. If we’re inattentive or neglectful in what we hear and read, God’s truths can slip by us or “leak out.” Jesus’ parable of the sower in Matthew 13 tells us that unless we prepare our hearts and minds to receive and retain God’s Word, our lives are unfruitful—we let His words pass by or leak out. Read, meditate on, and embrace God’s truth; let them guide your words and actions.