2020-06-22 – Considering the Bible

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Hebrews 11:13-16

13 These all died in faith, not having received the things promised, but having seen them and greeted them from afar, and having acknowledged that they were strangers and exiles on the earth.

14 For people who speak thus make it clear that they are seeking a homeland.

15 If they had been thinking of that land from which they had gone out, they would have had opportunity to return.

16 But as it is, they desire a better country, that is, a heavenly one. Therefore God is not ashamed to be called their God, for he has prepared for them a city.

They desire a better country!

Because of this desire, that is the desire that the Old Testament saints had, that is their witness of being strangers and exiles on the earth.

Therefore…

Because these saints did not think of their previous land, (because if they did they would have returned), God is not ashamed to be called their God.

What?

Something is missing here. The Old Testament saints decided to think and speak of a better country, a better place to be, a better homeland. This decision to think and speak this certain way impacted God’s attitude towards them.

God’s attitude was determined by these Old Testament saints decision to think correctly. And the result of God not being ashamed? He has prepared for them a City

Oh, to have right thoughts, to be aligned with His thoughts in the midst of a busy day, full of distractions, concerns and problems. Desire a better country, brother and sister! Desire the heavenly one, where the Heavenly One is. May He not be ashamed to be called our God.