Finish line of the promise.



Hebrews 11:10-12

For [Abraham] was looking forward to the city with foundations, whose architect and builder is God. And by faith even Sarah, who was past childbearing age, was enabled to bear children because she considered him faithful who had made the promise. And so from this one man, and he as good as dead, came descendants as numerous as the stars in the sky and as countless as the sand on the seashore.

Abraham never fully called a place "home". He'd end up living out of a tent for years. It didn't matter to him. He could see his permanent home.

Faith changes the way you see this world. It no longer carries the permanence you thought before. Instead it's a place you're passing through.

The home promised to Abraham is promised to you. As a part of God's family of faith, you have a place in a holy city better than this world could ever offer.

What in your life are you clinging to as if it were permanent? How does the promise of a home with God change the way you move through this world today?

 

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