Hebrews: 1:5-14

We Grow Accustomed to the Dark

"We grow accustomed to the dark
when light is put away...

Then fit our vision to the dark
And meet the road-erect..."
Emily Dickinson

It is winter. Darkness overtakes us slowly. From June through December we lose light ; we lose day- little by little. Some of us acclimate more easily than others.
The Letter to the Hebrews was written a very long time ago...but we get the analogy.
When "Light is put away", our vision shifts without alarm.
The Hebrews were becoming too used to the increasing darkness of a culture that was turning off the Gospel. Fumbling and grabbing at other things... Jewish brothers were beginning to add to what could not be improved,
Christ.
...kind of reminds me of the pop-ups on my computer; flashing the latest campaigns, discoveries and depravities - discourses included with a click.
Hebrews 1:5-14, Let's turn the light back on.
The author makes it clear that tradition or hot philosophies or the trendsetting of the day had no place in a Christ follower's allegiance.
Christ
AND...?
NO!
We will never have more understanding, more health, more joy, more hope, more purpose than is available to us through a reconciled relationship with our God; and we cannot possibly add more to Christ's life and sacrifice for us 
to make that possible.
Jesus, wholly unique in His Deity.
Wholly superior as eternal creator.
Wholly loved and chosen by His Father to be 
THE message bearer, 
THE savior, 
THE King.