This is It

Hebrews 11

Now faith is confidence in what we hope for and assurance about what we do not see. This is what the ancients were commended for.

I suppose this is one of the most commonly quoted verses in the Bible. 

So why do you think it is that God wants us to trust and hope in things we cannot see?  I mean, why have eyes to see, and hands to feel, if the things we see and touch are fleeting…not permanent…have no foundation?

Isn’t that interesting?

It’s because we are spirit AND flesh.  And our flesh will eventually die away.  From the moment we’re born, that sweet soft flesh of our baby bodies turns into old, flaky, hard flesh as we age.  It was never intended to last.  And all that we see with our eyes, like houses and cars, and “stuff,” also dies.  Even our desire to have it all changes from day to day, because none of those things satisfy our spirit.

We can’t see our spirit, it’s the inside part of our being.  It’s the part we wish people knew, but they only see us on the outside.

But Jesus knows. 

He wants the spirit within us to cry out and trust in Him, to hold fast our hope and confidence in all that he promises and says that is true in his Word, and to do this -  even when we can’t see it.

And when we do, we will be commended for it.  And rewarded.