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. ~ Hebrews 11:13
We all will leave a legacy behind and I pray mine was one of living by faith when I pass away. Hebrews mentions Abel, Enoch, Noah, Abraham and Sarah as biblical figures who all passed on to heaven before seeing promises from God fulfilled here on earth. While living here on earth, they trusted in God’s promises and lived by faith and believed God’s promises would come true even after they were gone. We have all had people promise us things and we’ve probably made similar promises ourselves only to have them broken, or unmet in time. However, that is not God’s nature. He keeps His promises for all eternity. God is a good and just God who, by nature, cannot break promises and is not limited by earthly time. He does what He says He’ll do, but His time is not our time and so we must live by faith knowing that all things work out for the good of those who love Him. I know I am personally praying for saved souls and changed lifestyles that are so far from God that I don’t know if I’ll ever see them changed, but I have to remember that even if it doesn’t happen in my lifetime, it can still happen. The hope and faith that God hears me and that His ways and timing are better than mine give me the persistent push I need to keep praying for things I might not see while here. Not to mention the many answered prayers that I have already seen when impossible turned to possible. We please God when we live by faith and remember our eternal perspective over our worldly one. God does not break promises and is not limited by our perspective. Let us keep our eyes on our fatih, believing and hoping for things and promises we have not yet seen and by doing so pleasing our Lord. ~ Amen
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