Looking Forward

Hebrews 9-11

“By faith, Abraham, when called to go to a place he would later receive as his inheritance, obeyed and went, even though he did not know where he was going. By faith he made his home in the promised land like a stranger in a foreign country; he lived in tents…For he was looking forward to the city with foundations, whose architect and builder is God.”

Hebrews 11:8-10

We, too, are called to ‘go and make disciples’ (Matthew 28:19). Our mission, like Abraham’s, is not always clear. We, too, don’t know where we are going, even as we say “yes” to the call of God. Abraham lived in tents in the promised land because even that place was not his home. Abraham was looking forward to the eternal city with foundations built by God.

Are we looking far enough forward?

The mission plans and purposes of God are not our end goal. They are tents we live in as we live by faith, anticipating our eternal home.

Have we settled for a home here, rather than walking by faith toward our eternal home?

“Lord God, like Abraham, I choose to walk and live by faithfulness to your call. My eyes are on your eternal inheritance and home for me, for your glory.”