Today’s passage: Hebrews 11:13-16
Helpful thoughts:
- Christians, you are not called to “live your best life now.” It is only when you consider your best life to be the life ahead that you make this time count the most. Faith makes eternity far more significant and valuable than the temporal in the heart of the Christian.
- Being “rich” (Or simply being preoccupied by your material wealth or the lack thereof) is not living your best life now, by the way… Abraham was rich by the world’s standards and this passage has nothing to do with that.
- Old and New Testament passages remind all of us that we are sojourners (“Strangers and exiles” in this life, just like Abraham and Sarah (Psalm 119:19, 1 Peter 2:11).
- If we believe (Have faith) that heaven is truly a “better country” than what we could have now, it will change our priorities and our plans. What we believe changes us.
Questions to consider:
- What are some of the bigger goals you are chasing right now? What fed the motivations to make those goals significant to you? How is your pursuit of those goals impacting your other activities/relationships throughout the day?
- How does this passage help us to think through the concept of trying to do a lot of good things in order to make it to the “better country?” Or, trying to harness the power of the better country to make things better here?
- What is God’s view toward those who put their hope/faith in Him alone (Verse 16)? What is He preparing for us?