Wednesday, June 7, 2017 -Faith

The writer of Hebrews continues in our "Faith" series by reiterating what we have already walked through with the faithful ones thus far. He emphasizes that none of these people received what God had promised them during thier lifetime, but he chooses to highlight the fact that they died still believing in God's faithfulness over their lives. The hope and the focus for these saints was not to gain anything this world could give them, but to pursue the life God had planned for them. They knew this world was not their true home.  If our hope is in Christ, that is what fuels us to share our faith with those who are hopeless. Jesus sent the Holy Spirit so we can walk in confidence and be sure of our hope. We come to life when we place our unrestrained heart in the hands of God, who loves us with a love so great we are completely incapable of understanding even a fraction of it. God is indeed great, yet so personal and intimate.  "We are only alive when we pursue a life after Christ." Where is your hope?   Hebrews 11:13-16 Keith Wilson, Youth Pastor