By faith

Daily Promises

Blue Letter Bible

March 22, 2010

By faith Abraham, when he was called to go out into a place which he
should after receive for an inheritance, obeyed; and he went out, not
knowing whither he went. By faith he sojourned in the land of promise,
as [in] a strange country, dwelling in tabernacles with Isaac and
Jacob, the heirs with him of the same promise: For he looked for a city
which hath foundations, whose builder and maker [is] God. Through faith
also Sara herself received strength to conceive seed, and was delivered
of a child when she was past age, because she judged him faithful who
had promised. Therefore sprang there even of one, and him as good as
dead, [so many] as the stars of the sky in multitude, and as the sand
which is by the sea shore innumerable. These all died in faith, not
having received the promises, but having seen them afar off, and were
persuaded of [them], and embraced [them], and confessed that they were
strangers and pilgrims on the earth. For they that say such things
declare plainly that they seek a country. And truly, if they had been
mindful of that [country] from whence they came out, they might have
had opportunity to have returned. But now they desire a better
[country], that is, an heavenly: wherefore God is not ashamed to be
called their God: for he hath prepared for them a city. (Hebrews
11:8-16)

God here promises not only His pleasure in those who look to the
heavenlies rather than toward earthly treasure, but He also promises a
holy and heavenly dwelling to His people. For all believers say the
same: that they seek not a homeland with foundations of stone and
metal, but one made of heavenly hands.