Do you need a little perspective on Election Day?
These all died in faith, not having received the things promised, but having seen them and greeted them from afar, and having acknowledged that they were strangers and exiles on the earth. Hebrews 11:13
Lord God, Architect and Builder of the City with Foundations,
Remind us today of what you have told us over and over:
this world is not our home—yet.
One day, our Savior, King Jesus,
who submitted himself to estrangement
for the sake of our sins,
will return to this earth.
In that day, he will bring with him
“the Holy City, the new Jerusalem,
coming down out of heaven from God,
prepared as a bride adorned for her husband” (Revelation 21:2).
We admit, that’s a mixed metaphor
and it’s hard to get our minds around,
but this we know:
In that day, we will,
like Abraham and Sarah and Moses and Rahab
and all the other saints mentioned in Hebrews 11,
“receive the things promised,”
the things we “greet…from afar” (Hebrews 11:13).
We will settle in the homeland
we have always sought (Hebrews 11:14).
We will no longer be “strangers and exiles on the earth” (Hebrews 11:13).
Today and every day, Lord,
keep our eyes fixed on the horizon,
looking for that “better country”
our hearts deeply desire,
the heavenly one,
for we know that you have prepared for us a city.
Until that day comes,
may we invite others to join us
as strangers and exiles on this earth,
as citizens of your heavenly kingdom.
In the name of the only King, Jesus. Amen.
Read Hebrews 11:8-16; Revelation 21:1-5.
