For our homework, we are required to read each chapter of Hebrews in 3 different translations. Sometimes this seems tedious, but often I am encouraged by each version in a different way. Tonight I was reading Hebrews 11 and I was surprised that it took the 3rd reading (New Living Translation) to be struck by a truth that is so close to my heart because of where Ben and I are in life and because of what we plan to do with our life:
"It was by faith that Abraham obeyed when God called him to leave home and go to another land that God would give him as his inheritance. He went without knowing where he was going. And even when he reached the land God promised him, he lived there by faith—for he was like a foreigner, living in tents. And so did Isaac and Jacob, who inherited the same promise. Abraham was confidently looking forward to a city with eternal foundations, a city designed and built by God" (Hebrews 11:8-10)
"They agreed that they were foreigners and nomads here on earth. Obviously people who say such things are looking forward to a country they can call their own. If they had longed for the country they came from, they could have gone back. But they were looking for a better place, a heavenly homeland. That is why God is not ashamed to be called their God, for he has prepared a city for them" (Hebrews 11:13b-16)
I sometimes find myself struggling that we don't have a true home. I know that it won't get any easier either as our family plans to head overseas to a country we have never even visited before. These verses are an encouraging reminder that this is not our home. Feeling like an alien and a nomad on this earth should be expected as we follow Christ in faith. I am thankful that Hebrews 11 has reminded me of this truth :)
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