20216 Jan 25th - Morning Sermon Reflection: God Is Preparing for Us a Better Home (Hebrews 11:13–16)
God Is Preparing for Us a Better Home
This morning’s sermon challenged the way I usually define a “successful life.” So often, success is measured by visible and temporary things—health, financial stability, family life, and career progress. When these are going well, life feels successful. When they are not, discouragement quickly sets in.
Hebrews 11:13–16 reminds us that God’s people have always lived with a different perspective. The saints of old lived and died in faith, without receiving the fullness of what God had promised. They trusted God not because life was easy, but because His promises were certain—even when they were unseen.
Abraham and the patriarchs acknowledged that they were strangers and exiles on the earth. They lived in the land God gave them, yet they never treated it as their true home. This helps explain why life often feels unsettled. Even in seasons of blessing, something is always missing. That longing is not a failure of faith—it is evidence that we were never meant to fully belong here.
The sermon reminded us that as Christians, we are not called to make this world our permanent home. Instead, we live as pilgrims, seeking a better country—a heavenly one. We resist the temptation to fully settle in, knowing that God has promised something far greater.
This perspective brings comfort. God often allows hardship and disappointment to remind us where our true home lies. Yet He also gives us this beautiful promise: He is not ashamed to be called our God, because He has prepared a city for us.
This morning, I am reminded that my life does not need to feel complete here. True success is not found in earthly security, but in faithful hope. We walk by faith, trusting that the home God is preparing for us will be far better than anything this world can offer.
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