Promise #57 - February 26

For we know that if our earthly house of this tabernacle were dissolved, we have a building of God, an house not made with hands, eternal in the heavens. ~2 Corinthians 5:1

The Apostle Paul says in 1 Corinthians 13:13 that faith, hope, and love will always be there. In the last few devotionals, I've talked a lot about faith and love. I want to talk about hope today. We don't need to hope for something if we already have it. Some of the promises God has made to us have not yet come true. This is one of those promises that will happen in the future.

It makes me feel better to know that one day our bodies will fail, but we will have a house in heaven that will last forever. We can have complete faith in this promise. God Himself will build the eternal home that is waiting for us. We will be a pillar in His house.

We won't have to deal with pain or loss on that day. We will be with God, and He will be with us, so pain and illness will go away. May today's promise bring us peace when we think about those Christians who have gone before us in faith. We can also be hopeful because we know we have a home in heaven waiting for us.

Prayer:

Thank you, Father, for the forever home in heaven that is waiting for me. I live in this broken world, but I hold on to the hope that I will live with You forever in the home you have made for me. Please help me always remember the unshakable hope I have in Christ, even when my situation tries to make me doubt it.

I pray in the name of Jesus. Amen.