Good Morning Friends,
“All these people were still living by faith
when they died. They did not receive the things promised; they only saw them
and welcomed them from a distance. And they admitted that they were aliens and
strangers on earth. People who say such things show that they are looking for a
country of their own. If they had been thinking of the country they had left,
they would have had opportunity to return. Instead, they were longing for a better
country -- a heavenly one. Therefore God is not ashamed to be called their God,
for he has prepared a city for them.” (Hebrews 11:13-16)
Because of Jesus, we can see so much more
than the Old Testament saints could. We can see what God is like. We can see
His compassion for those in need. We can feel His outrage and hurt at the sins
of the world He created. We can sense the depth of His desire to see people
come to know Him as He weeps over the lost. We know His willingness to give of
Himself for us. We can experience His grace. We can know His love.
We see and feel and know all of those things
far better than the Old Testament saints could. Faith should be easier for us.
But there is still much that we cannot see and for which we must trust God.
We can’t see the future. God has promised to
walk with us through it and take care of us in it, but we can’t see that. We
can’t see into eternity. God has promised it will be more pleasant than we can
imagine. God has promised that it is being carefully prepared for us. But we
can’t see that. We can’t see that the devil and those who follow him will be
defeated. God has promised it, but sometimes what we see now gives no
indication that will be true. We see Satan winning so many battles that
sometimes we wonder if he won’t win the war. God has promised that Satan will
be eternally cast into the lake of fire. God has promised that for eternity
Satan will not be able to touch us or affect us in any way. But we can’t see
that.
Because of Jesus there is much we can see, so
our faith has more basis than the Old Testament saints’ faith did. But it’s
still faith. There is still much we cannot see. We have to trust God about what
He has promised. Those Old Testament people of faith are good examples for us
in doing that.
Remember what you can see, and thank God for
those things. Trust God for what you cannot see!
His, by Grace,
Steve
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