They were longing for a better country—a heavenly one.—Hebrews 11:16
The writer of Hebrews tells of others who were longing for home in a different way. Instead of looking backward, they were looking ahead with faith to their home in heaven. Even though what they hoped for seemed a long way off, they trusted that God was faithful to keep His promise to bring them to a place where they would be with Him forever (Heb. 11:13-16).
Philippians 3:20 reminds us that “our citizenship is in heaven,” and we are to “eagerly await a Savior from there, the Lord Jesus Christ.” Looking forward to seeing Jesus and receiving everything God has promised us through Him help us keep our focus. The past or the present can never compare with what’s ahead of us!
The best home of all is our home in heaven.
Emotions
Don't confuse every warm fuzzy feeling with love for God. God says "the one who loves me is the one who keeps my commandments."
Acts 9:4-5
He fell to the ground and heard a voice say to him, "Saul, Saul, why do you persecute me?"
"Who are you, Lord?" Saul asked. "I am Jesus, whom you are persecuting," he replied.
Thoughts on Today's Verse....
When Paul teaches that the Church is the Body of Christ, he isn't being theoretical. The Church is Jesus' presence, his Body in this world. What is done to the Church as a collective group of people is done to Jesus.
What is done to individual Christians is done to their Savior. Jesus is present in the world through us! The saying is true: the only Jesus many will see today is the Jesus they see through you and me.
Thoughts
"Good and evil both increase at compound interest. That is why the little decisions you and I make every day are of such infinite importance." - C. S. Lewis
"The Bible tells us to love our neighbors, and also to love our enemies; probably because they are generally the same people." — G. K. Chesterton
"To ease another's heartache is to forget one's own." — Abraham Lincoln
The writer of Hebrews tells of others who were longing for home in a different way. Instead of looking backward, they were looking ahead with faith to their home in heaven. Even though what they hoped for seemed a long way off, they trusted that God was faithful to keep His promise to bring them to a place where they would be with Him forever (Heb. 11:13-16).
Philippians 3:20 reminds us that “our citizenship is in heaven,” and we are to “eagerly await a Savior from there, the Lord Jesus Christ.” Looking forward to seeing Jesus and receiving everything God has promised us through Him help us keep our focus. The past or the present can never compare with what’s ahead of us!
The best home of all is our home in heaven.
Emotions
Don't confuse every warm fuzzy feeling with love for God. God says "the one who loves me is the one who keeps my commandments."
Acts 9:4-5
He fell to the ground and heard a voice say to him, "Saul, Saul, why do you persecute me?"
"Who are you, Lord?" Saul asked. "I am Jesus, whom you are persecuting," he replied.
Thoughts on Today's Verse....
When Paul teaches that the Church is the Body of Christ, he isn't being theoretical. The Church is Jesus' presence, his Body in this world. What is done to the Church as a collective group of people is done to Jesus.
What is done to individual Christians is done to their Savior. Jesus is present in the world through us! The saying is true: the only Jesus many will see today is the Jesus they see through you and me.
Thoughts
"Good and evil both increase at compound interest. That is why the little decisions you and I make every day are of such infinite importance." - C. S. Lewis
"The Bible tells us to love our neighbors, and also to love our enemies; probably because they are generally the same people." — G. K. Chesterton
"To ease another's heartache is to forget one's own." — Abraham Lincoln
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