1 Therefore, holy brothers and sisters, who share in the heavenly calling, fix your thoughts on Jesus, whom we acknowledge as our apostle and high priest. 2 He was faithful to the one who appointed him, just as Moses was faithful in all God’s house. 3 Jesus has been found worthy of greater honor than Moses, just as the builder of a house has greater honor than the house itself. 4 For every house is built by someone, but God is the builder of everything. 5 “Moses was faithful as a servant in all God’s house,” bearing witness to what would be spoken by God in the future. 6 But Christ is faithful as the Son over God’s house. And we are his house, if indeed we hold firmly to our confidence and the hope in which we glory. (Hebrews 3:1-6)
Both Moses and Jesus are servants of God who are faithful until their death. Moses is called by God to bring the Israelites out from Egypt and from the slavery of Pharaoh. He then receives the law from God on the Mount Sinai, and this law is to form Israelites to be God’s holy people according to His holy standards. Yet, the Israelites complain a lot of times in the wildness and made God angry. Moses, however, still pray for these people faithfully. Although Moses could not enter the promise land, he is suitable to be called the faithful leader who brings Israelites into the land of Canaan. Likewise, Jesus is faithful to his mission all his life. In the wildness the demon tempts him by the glory of kingdoms, and when he serves the Israelites want him to be a Messiah who will revive the kingdom of Israel. Yet, Jesus only wants God’s will to be done, not the will of others. He could not see the church of God to be established when he is crucified. Yet, he becomes a faithful example of his disciples who will evangelize the nations in the future by the power of Holy Spirit.
It is easy for us to be zealous for things in which we can have a quick result, but it is hard for us to be faithful for things in which we cannot see an outcome immediately. There are many reasons for why we don’t see instant results. It can be that our sight is blocked by difficulties in front of us, or it can be that God’s time hasn’t come yet. Quick achievements make us pleasant. It feels like bumping into a party on the street and we join into it unrestrainedly. Yet, when the party is over, we all need to go home. No one would stay on the street because of the party. Likewise, when quick achievements stop appearing in our life, we need to ask where the home of our soul is. Here God speaks to us, “But Christ is faithful as the Son over God’s house. And we are his house, if indeed we hold firmly to our confidence and the hope in which we glory.” If we want to be God’s house which is a harbor of the helpless and lonely people in this world, we need to be faithful as our Lord Jesus.