"Still others had trial of mockings and scourgings, yes, and of chains and imprisonment. They were stoned, they were sawn in two, were tempted, were slain with the sword. They wandered about in sheepskins and goatskins, being destitute, afflicted, tormented— of whom the world was not worthy. They wandered in deserts and mountains, in dens and caves of the earth. And all these, having obtained a good testimony through faith, did not receive the promise, God having provided something better for us, that they should not be made perfect apart from us."
~Heb 12:36-40~
What if God called you to believe in something you would never see in your life time? What if the promises He asked you to cling to & hope in & fight for all the days of your life, would only be for the next generation? Could you still love, and hope, & dream and believe? That's exactly what many men & women of faith before us did. They stood their ground against the enemy & mankind alike to obtain a perfect testimony through faith. . . Faith in something they would never see this side of heaven. All for a testimony for you & me to follow. All so that their children, and their children's children could reap the harvest of their seed of faith. Can you imagine how much determination it took to overcome questions of doubt, fear of failure, humilliation of mockery for believing when it made no sense in the physical realm to believe? Yet they persevered. Their heart for God & vision beyond what human eyes could see launched them on a path for eternity.
What if God asks us to do the same? What if the things we are promised are for our children? Can we still love HIM and worship Him with all our hearts, with all our strength, with all our might? He will strengthen us to answer "Yes, Lord, here am I, send me".
