These People

Hebrews 11:

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, admitting that they were foreigners and strangers on earth.

Now that sounds SO sad, doesn’t it?  The people who are commended for their faith in the Bible, these famous names that we all know and love, died not receiving all of God’s promises for them.

But according to this verse, they weren’t sad at all.  Why?

They saw the things promised.

They welcomed them from a distance.

They realized the earth wasn’t their final home.

A friend of mine once wrote about how even our talents and treasures that we often don’t feel are used to their fullest are just getting started down here.  Who’s to say that the inner voice you have that wants to sing melodies you only hear in your head won’t be proclaimed to the nations one day, even if it doesn’t happen until you die?

It’s SO hard to live a life that’s not based on what we see with our eyes.  But it’s imperative that we learn to do so.

I want to still be living by faith when I die.  Do you?