It is helpful to read a variety of author's views on the same topic. We often discover fresh new ways to view the same familiar concepts. It helps us to see there is more than one viewpoint to the same subject. There is more than one interpretation for an identical statement. The way we perceive something has so much to do with where we are in life today, at this very moment.
And do not forget to do good and to share with others, for with such sacrifices God is pleased. (Hebrews 14:16 NIV)
When I read the NIV version above, it is concise and to the point. Don't forget to do good and share with others. Those are words my 'youthful' ears would hear my mother or grandmother voice, as I to go out and play. They are reminding me to remember what I have been taught about playing nice with others.
Make sure you don’t take things for granted and go slack in working for the common good; share what you have with others. God takes particular pleasure in acts of worship—a different kind of “sacrifice”—that take place in kitchen and workplace and on the streets. (Hebrews 14:16 MSG)
The Message version tells me more; as I am now an adult and want answers to my question, "Why? What does it matter?" I understand my actions will have consequences, and my attitude will often drive these actions.
Perhaps the piece of advice I hear in this text to make sure we don't take things for granted. There is danger in becoming complacent and too confident that we will have tomorrow to make things right. We aren't promised a tomorrow. But we are promised a Savior who will promise and delivery just that; tomorrow and every other tomorrow, with Him.
Hebrews 14:13-21
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