Between The Promise

He is poor indeed that can promise nothing.

Thomas Fuller 1608-1661, British Clergyman, Author

Heb 11:13-16
All these died in faith, without receiving the promises, but having seen them and having welcomed them from a distance, and having confessed that they were strangers and exiles on the earth. For those who say such things make it clear that they are seeking a country of their own. And indeed if they had been thinking of that country from which they went out, they would have had opportunity to return. 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 a city for them. NASU

The essayist, Ruckett, wrote this of promises, “Between today and tomorrow are graves, and between promising and fulfilling are chasms.” Ruckett was right on, for many dreams and hopes die over night, and promises are forgotten in the chasm of this world. This world is the in-between, the gap between now and tomorrow. We are in these walking talking dying bodies for such a short time, but in that time so much can be lost.

Paul, speaks of the faithful saints that recognized that they were strangers and exiles here and looked onward across the chasm for the city that they were made for. Many look at their family heritage as their days grow near the end, but the truth is they will never know their family Crest until they enter heavens gates. Paul says of the saints that they were not seeking to go back where they came from, but were seeking a better country, a heavenly one, to which they were advancing.

We are, as saints and children of God, to rally around our true family Crest, which is the Cross of Jesus Christ, and we should carry it all of our days until we reach that city. Paul says for those of us that march under the Banner of The Cross, God is not ashamed to be called our God, but indeed is proud. So proud that He has prepared for us a city, and it is to that City we should look forward too, not the City we left behind, all life came from Him, and too Him all life returns…God Bless.

Pastor William