It’s US!

Hebrews 11:39 & 40 [NLT]
39 All these people earned a good reputation because of their faith, yet none of them received all that God had promised. 40 For God had something better in mind for us, so that they would not reach perfection without us.

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Hebrews 11 turned out to be a literal page turner for me.  I read it in different versions of the Bible and then I read more about these two verses in several commentaries all because of one word – US.

US?  Yes…it’s “us!”  We have become part of the history of these people from the past because of God’s completed work in Jesus.  Those ancestors made it into this “By Faith” chapter because their faith reached into the future of US.  That past and their faith has reached beyond time to strengthen our present with the promise of completion for US all as the future unfolds.  US is God’s version of “outreach” at it’s most creative.  It doesn’t take a rocket scientist to imagine the past, present and future as a triangle.  The triangle is also the identity of Father, Son and Holy Spirit and they are the reality of the Field of Hope for our daily life, past, present and future..

Triangles are the strongest shape. When a force is added to a triangle it is spread evenly through all three sides. They work together like a building truss and make a structure that is extremely strong and stable. That strength is the promise of God.  It’s the field of hope that includes all of US.