AUGUST 14, 2012
It
Will Be Worth It All
Read: Hebrews 11:8-16
But now
they desire a better, that is, a heavenly country. —Hebrews
11:16
We
wondered why a friend of ours kept traveling to Hobart, Tasmania.
Recently she
invited us to join her there. From the airport we drove
over a bridge and
through the city and suburbs. Nothing outstanding
—but we kept on traveling.
After a few difficult hairpin turns that took
us slowly and sharply uphill, we
saw the outline of the coast below.
Still quite ordinary looking.
But
as we drove up the steep driveway and arrived at our destination,
the
spectacular panorama of the city became clear. Even the bridge
we had driven
over that seemed so drab looked beautiful! Now we
knew why she so often
traveled there.
The
lives of the pioneers of faith in Hebrews 11 had their share of
“hairpin turns”
and “humdrum” situations. But they pressed on and
did not turn back. Their
destination? Heaven, “the city which has
foundations, whose builder and maker
is God” (v.10).
Esther
Kerr Rusthoi wrote about our journey to heaven in her hymn
“When We See
Christ”:
It
will be worth it all, when we see Jesus;
Life’s
trials will seem so small when we see Christ;
One
glimpse of His dear face, all sorrow will erase;
So
bravely run the race, till we see Christ!
Today,
whether life is ordinary or difficult, keep pressing on. At the
end of the
journey, you will see the amazing place God has prepared
for us. And it will be
well worth it!
The joys of heaven will more than compensate for the
difficulties of earth.
Source:
Our Daily Bread 2012
