(a Steve Orr scripture reflection)
Different parts of a journey are approached differently. Different phases of a process require different actions. The map that is used to cross the plains won’t be the same map that is used to cross the mountains. Different terrains, different maps. At harvest, a farmer doesn’t use the planting routine to gather the crops. Farmers plant one way and reap another.
Marshall Goldsmith’s book, What Got You Here Won't Get You There applied this idea to career advancement. The processes people employ for making it as a worker don’t apply to getting management positions. The worker and the manager have different jobs, different uses of time and tools, and different objectives.
The book was aimed at people who aspire to management positions. It lays out a map, if you will, of milestones that must be achieved. It explains that some of the old must give way to the new. If not, the person will not succeed on the new—and quite different—journey.
This week’s scripture from the book of Hebrews has a similar message for those who want a relationship with God. In the first ten verses of Chapter 10, the Hebrew writer succinctly sums up much of what Jesus tried to communicate to Israel's leaders—the priests, scribes, Pharisees, and teachers of the Law. The old way, the way they clung to, was no longer viable. They would have to change if they wanted a true relationship with God. What had brought them to that point—the Law of Moses—could not get them any further. They needed a new redemption song.
Read those ten verses. I found The Message useful in making their meaning plain.
Jesus came in the fullness of time to fulfill the Law. It was done. It's as if Jesus were saying: What got you here won't get you there.
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Two different links to the scripture passage in The Message; one from Bible Gateway and one from The Bible app. Use the one that works best for you:
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