Bible Verse of the Day Tuesday February 14th, 2023

Hebrews 11:10 For he was looking forward to the city with foundations, whose architect and builder is God.

What we see with our natural eyes and encounter through our five senses is commonly adequate proof to say something of actuality about the sensual world wherein we live. On the other hand, Faith is the absolute confirmation that the Word of God is genuinely precise and correct and gives us substantial verification of the profound circle and undeniable proof of God's invisible domain. Our Faith in God is the immaterial representative of our being that provides evidence of the Word of God's accuracy and bears testimony to the truth of the eternal kingdom of God. Faith will bring to our hearts and lives things unseen in the physical world or the so-called great minds of philosophers and scientists. Although the carnal world we live in does not see it, Faith is genuine and available to all that seek the truth of the Gospel of Christ Jesus.

In both the New and Old Testaments, we see many examples of faithful men and women who trusted in God's promise that a Savior was coming to take away the sins of humankind. These people, whose names appear in the hall of fame of Faith in the 11th chapter of Hebrews, believed God's Word through His Prophets, although they never saw the fulfillment of the promise. These faithful servants of God are examples for us to follow as we, through Faith, patiently await the second and final coming of our Lord and Savior, Christ Jesus.

Although God gave the Land of Canaan to Abraham and His descendants (Genesis 12:7), he always saw himself as a foreigner and alien (Hebrews 11:9-10). He awaited with Faith the ultimate city of God that was eternal (Philippians 3:20). As Christians, we look forward to that city today that will be built on God's permanent foundation and ruled by Christ Jesus, the promised Messiah. Patiently waiting is a critical quality and attribute of Faith that rests on our belief in the truth of the Word of God.

Some of us have children who have drifted away from the truth, or some of us have children who have never accepted Christ Jesus as their Lord and Savior. We have prayed for years that our rebel children would come to God's saving grace through Christ Jesus, only to see them still in Satan's clutches. This anticipation is why Faith is so critical that we might understand that God will answer prayers in His time, not in our time (James 5:7-8). Finally, there is a day when all of God's promises will come to fruition, our Faith will turn into sight, and we will live in the city built on the foundation of Christ Jesus.