Daily Verse Hebrews 11:24-26 | A community of solidarity | Daily reading by Christian Aid.org.UK

[SC Facilitator]

Excerpt:

By faith Moses, when he was grown up, refused to be called a son of Pharaoh’s daughter, choosing rather to share ill-treatment with the people of God than to enjoy the fleeting pleasures of sin. He considered abuse suffered for the Christ to be greater wealth than the treasures of Egypt, for he was looking ahead to the reward.
- Hebrews 11:24-26

Jesus told prospective disciples that ‘the Son of Man has nowhere to lay his head’ (Luke 9:58), and identified himself with those who are hungry and thirsty, those lacking in shelter and clothing, and those who are sick and imprisoned (Matthew 25:45).
As we consider the ill-treatment and oppression of so many within our global community, we too have a choice as to how, and with whom, we will identity.

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[LeeB]

The people listed in Hebrews 11 are some of those Paul calls the church in the wilderness and the root of the olive tree. These saints will be in the first resurrection and had gentile and Israelite members. They looked forward to Christ in faith while we look backwards in the same faith.

 

[Diana S]

I also look forward in faith LeeB

 

[LeeB]

Faith is timeless and without faith it is impossible to please God. We have the same faith as Abraham and all the others mentioned in Hebrews 11. They were looking for a city whose builder and maker is God, the new Jerusalem, and so do we. They wanted a better resurrection, the first, and so do we. They along with us will rise to meet Christ in the air. They were Christians and so are we.