Hebrews 11:1-16

“By faith we understand that the universe was formed at God’s command ...”(3). Faith in God begins with realizing that the universe – stars, earth, plants,and people - comes from God’s command. Faith in this good God (6), empowers us to do hard things like Abel, Noah, Abraham, and others. Because Abraham believed in this unseen yet powerful God, he also believed in God’s radical promises: “For he was looking forward to the city with foundations, whose architect and builder is God (10).

God calls us to wait on Him with hope, even when the temporary moment is difficult. We are “longing for a better country—a heavenly one”, and God is “not ashamed to be called our God” (16).