Verse of the Day 11/13

Through the Bible - Ezekiel 7-9, Hebrews 11:17-40   Good morning, Before reading today's devotional, I'd suggest that you read Hebrews 11 or at least verses 17-40 listed above.   What these verses show is something that I hope that you feel, that better day's are coming no matter what today brings.  Perhaps you've personally taken hold of the faith and know that it's real, that it is the substance of things hoped for as we read yesterday.  Perhaps you have realized as the author did at the end of chapter 10:   Heb 10:34  "You knew there were better things waiting for you that will last forever." Reading this verse the Jeremy Camp song came to mind, here are some of the words: There Will be a Day   I try to hold on to this world with everything I have But I feel the weight of what it brings, and the hurt that tries to grab The many trials that seem to never end, His word declares this truth, that we will enter in this rest with wonders anew But I hold on to this hope and the promise that He brings That there will be a place with no more suffering (Chorus) There will be a day with no more tears, no more pain, and no more fears There will be a day when the burdens of this place, will be no more, we'll see Jesus face to face But until that day, we'll hold on to you always   After having read chapter 11, we'll go back to chapter 10 for today's verses: Heb 10:35 So do not throw away this confident trust in the Lord. Remember the great reward it brings you! 36 Patient endurance is what you need now, so that you will continue to do God's will. Then you will receive all that he has promised.  NLT   This weekend, when a message of hope is preached to you, may you "taste and see" that the Lord is good.   John Piper concluded a sermon on Hebrews 11:1-3 with the following words: "This is what happens when the Gospel is preached. It is what is happening right now for many of you. The word of God is spoken - broken like sweet bread and poured out like refreshing water - and the spiritual taste of your heart is awakened, and you know that there is more here than the mere opinion of a man. Just like it says in Hebrews 10:34, you "know that you have a better possession and an abiding one."   In summary then faith is a kind of spiritual tasting of what God has promised so that we feel a deep, substantial assurance of things hoped for; and faith is a kind of spiritual seeing of the invisible fingerprints of God in the things he has made. By the one we know God's power and wisdom to make us, and by the other we know his goodness and grace to save us."   Psalm 34:8, O taste and see that the LORD is good; How blessed is the man who takes refuge in Him!   In Christ, Mike   Heb 10:32-11:1 32 Think back on those early days when you first learned about Christ. Remember how you remained faithful even though it meant terrible suffering.. 33 Sometimes you were exposed to public ridicule and were beaten, and sometimes you helped others who were suffering the same things. 34 You suffered along with those who were thrown into jail, and when all you owned was taken from you, you accepted it with joy. You knew there were better things waiting for you that will last forever. 35 So do not throw away this confident trust in the Lord. Remember the great reward it brings you! 36 Patient endurance is what you need now, so that you will continue to do God's will. Then you will receive all that he has promised. 37 "For in just a little while, the Coming One will come and not delay. 38 And my righteous ones will live by faith. But I will take no pleasure in anyone who turns away." 39 But we are not like those who turn away from God to their own destruction. We are the faithful ones, whose souls will be saved.   NLT