These people of faith died without seeing the promises fulfilled. They didn't get to see what they were hoping for. And somehow that makes them heroes instead of failures. That reframes everything about faithfulness.
It means I'm not supposed to require proof during my lifetime that my faith is working. I'm not supposed to need to see the payoff to trust God. These ancestors are saying: trust without seeing. Hope without proof. That's the real thing.
I'm thinking differently now about my own life. I'm building something that maybe won't be completed in my lifetime. I'm raising kids into an uncertain future. I'm investing in relationships that might not bear fruit I can see. That's okay. That's actually the deepest kind of faith.
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