Our first reading is from Hebrews 3:7-19

May the Lord bless you as you receive his word.

The Holy Spirit says, “Listen to his voice today. If you hear it, don’t be stubborn. You were stubborn when you opposed me. You did that when you were tested in the desert.

There, your people of long ago tested me. Yet for 40 years they saw what I did. That is why I was angry with them. I said, ‘Their hearts are always going astray. They have not known my ways.’

So, when I was angry, I made a promise. I said, ‘They will never enjoy the rest I planned for them.’ ” (Psalm 95:7–11)

Brothers and sisters, make sure that none of you has a sinful heart. Do not let an unbelieving heart turn you away from the living God. But build one another up every day. Do it as long as there is still time. Then none of you will become stubborn. You won’t be fooled by sin’s tricks. We belong to Christ if we hold tightly to the faith we had at first. But we must hold it tightly until the end. It has just been said, “Listen to his voice today. If you hear it, don’t be stubborn. You were stubborn when you opposed me.” (Psalm 95:7,8)

Who were those who heard and refused to obey? Weren’t they all the people Moses led out of Egypt? Who was God angry with for 40 years? Wasn’t it with those who sinned? They died in the desert. God promised that those people would never enjoy the rest he planned for them. God gave his word when he made that promise. Didn’t he make that promise to those who didn’t obey? So, we see that they weren’t able to enter. That’s because they didn’t believe.

Our second reading is from Psalm 90:12-17

Teach us to realize how short our lives are. Then our hearts will become wise.

Lord, please stop punishing us! How long will you keep it up? Be kind to us.

Satisfy us with your faithful love every morning. Then we can sing for joy and be glad all our days.

Make us glad for as many days as you have made us suffer.

Give us joy for as many years as we’ve had trouble.

Show us your mighty acts. Let our children see your glorious power.

May the Lord our God always be pleased with us. Lord, make what we do succeed. Please make what we do succeed.

This is the Word of the Lord. Thanks be to God.

As you journey on, go with his blessing:

Guide us waking, O Lord, and guard us sleeping, that awake we may watch with Christ, and asleep rest in his peace. May Almighty God bless, preserve, and keep us, this day and forevermore. Amen.