So many things in our life seek to pull us off course - either violently, like the hurricane, or subtly, like the drift of a current. Life throws us both traumas and mundane disappointments. And always, the temptation to fear, to doubt, and to wonder if God really does care about us, if Jesus really does love us, or if his Spirit really is with us. And with that comes the temptation to think it's all up to us - up to our effort, our choices, our ability to protect ourselves.
These questions and doubts and temptations are not new. They have always pulled at God's people. Hebrews challenges us to hold fast to our confession and our faith - because we have a certain hope in Jesus.
