Velcro Christianity
When we speak of Velcro Christianity, we’re talking about having an aggressive attitude toward the things of God...a tenacity that seizes upon what God has said and refuses to let go.

Jesus spoke of the kind of person who brings forth fruit from the word in Luke 8:15 (MSG). “But the seed in the good earth—these are the good-hearts who seize the Word and hold on no matter what, sticking with it until there’s a harvest.” This is a velcro attitude!

Eleazar is an Old Testament figure who had a velcro attitude toward his assignment from God. When God’s people were attacked, we read, “But Eleazar stood his ground and killed Philistines right and left until he was exhausted—but he never let go of his sword! A big win for GOD that day” (2 Samuel 23:10, MSG). The NKJV says that, “...his hand stuck to the sword.”

Here’s a great lesson: If you’ll stick to the Sword, the Sword will stick to you! Eleazar didn’t just stick to his sword, but he stuck to his assignment. He was like velcro when it came to the Word of God and the plan of God for his life.

The believers who received the book of Hebrews in the New Testament were individuals who were in the process of becoming teflon when they should have been velcro, and vice versa. They were letting slip the promises that should have been sticking! And the pressures they should have been letting slide off were sticking. Consider these passages about what was slipping and what was sticking.

Therefore we ought to give the more earnest heed to the things which we have heard, lest at any time we should let them slip.  (Heb. 2:1 KJV) 

but Christ as a Son over His own house, whose house we are if we hold fast the confidence and the rejoicing of the hope firm to the end. (Heb. 3:6 NKJV)        

For we have become partakers of Christ if we hold the beginning of our confidence steadfast to the end... (Heb. 3:14 NKJV) 

Therefore do not cast away your confidence, which has great reward. 36 For you have need of endurance, so that after you have done the will of God, you may receive the promise....
(Heb. 10:35-36 NKJV)

A Time for Teflon and a Time for Velcro
Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego are examples of individuals who knew when to be velcro and when to be teflon. When threatened, they were velcro regarding their trust and confidence, and their consecration toward God.

...our God whom we serve is able to deliver us from the burning fiery furnace, and He will deliver us from your hand, O king.  But if not, let it be known to you, O king, that we do not serve your gods, nor will we worship the gold image which you have set up. (Dan. 3:17-18 NKJV)

That’s velcro, and because of their velcro toward the right things, God helped them have a teflon coating toward what would have destroyed them. Even though Nebuchadnezzar had the three men thrown into the fire, they were untouched.

...they saw these men on whose bodies the fire had no power; the hair of their head was not singed nor were their garments affected, and the smell of fire was not on them. (Dan. 3:27 NKJV)

What are we being told? When it comes to the things we’ve received—the Word of God and our confidence—we can’t let these things slip away and slide off of us. We’ve got to be velcro. We’ve got to stick to some things and let some things stick to us!

When it comes to the pressures and problems of the world, we need to develop some teflon tendencies... we need to let those things roll off of us, casting every care upon the Lord.