Read the passage here.
Not sure how many times I’ve read this passage or heard it preached or referenced. Many times, faith is presented as something we do. Ever seen the illustration of sitting on a stool or a chair? Makes faith look like something I just decide to do. Not a fan of that illustration. Why? I am learning right now that faith – the faith of Ephesians 2:8 - is not something that is done or that I do, rather, it is something I become through God’s work in my life. The action of faith is simply the result of something I have become. In God’s economy, “Be” comes before “Do”. In order to do the action of faith I must become a man of faith.
God will test.
I land on verse 6. This is one of 2 main points in this chapter. The key to gaining the blessings of God is to seek Him. Seek His blessings before seeking God and you miss God. In my life lately that’s what I’ve done. I have the process reversed. Seek Him first. I must come to the place where seeking/desiring God is enough. Even if the blessings and rewards never come, God and seeking Him must be enough. This brings me to the second point I think the author wants us to get – the people of Hebrews 11 never received what was promised.
What?
Didn’t receive?
I thought it said that God rewards those who seek Him?
The proof is in verse 39. Read it. Disprove me.
Why did they not receive what was promised? Because seeking God was enough. Fulfilling. Absolute. Satisfying. God was and must be enough.
But what of the reward?
God is the reward. The prize. The diamond in the rough. The treasure buried in a field that is so valuable that one would sell absolutely everything he owns in order to purchase the field for the purpose of owning the treasure.
God is worth more than anything I have or anything I could ever desire.
God is enough.
