"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."
{Hebrews 11:13} (NIV1984)
Only faith
counts with God! The message of the Bible is, “believe God and act in that
belief”. Hebrews 11 reminds us of this truth and gives us examples of the
actions of people who are righteous in God’s eyes through faith. Noah built an
ark, Abraham left his homeland, Moses rejected royalty, the prophets gave their
lives. These people fixed their eyes on the life to come. They lived their
lives here on earth as travellers through a foreign land. Oh that we may have
this faith! That we may fix our eyes on the life that lasts, the life with God
forever. May we look at this life as a journey that ends with leaving
everything except ourselves and deeds done by faith behind. As I write this I
think of two men in our church who exemplify this attitude for us. Cecil and
Stephen know they are on a journey, and they have their eyes fixed on the Lord.
May God, thru His
Holy
Spirit, work with power in our innermost being, so that Christ may dwell in our
hearts through faith!
PS- I received word this
morning that Cecil died early this morning. He is with his Lord. Keith told me
that when he visited him last night in BGH, that there was a man from Cecil’s
work there as well. This man asked Cecil why he still had a smile on his face.
Cecil said to Keith; “You tell him why.” The gospel was spoken once again.
Let’s remember Dora, Corey and Mark before the throne of grace.
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