Fun to Think About, Hebrews 11:10, Matthew 6:19-21, Architect, Treasure | Debbie Taylor Williams

Have you ever needed an architect to help you design your home, office, or some other building?

In Hebrews 11:10, we’re told that Abraham looked for a city that was built by a particular architect. What city? Who was the architect? He “was looking for the city which has foundations, whose architect and builder is God.”

Isn’t that fun to think about? Abraham. Looking for a city designed and built by God. It is not only fun to think about, it is amazing. And, do you recall what Jesus told the disciples in John 14:2? “I go to prepare a place for you.” Jesus is getting everything ready for our arrival in the city built by God.

We can learn from Abraham. What can we learn? To set our eyes on heaven, the new Jerusalem, whose architect is God.

How do we do that? We set our minds on the things above. (Colossians 3:2) We bank on heaven, as Jesus tells us in Matthew 6:19-21; to store up our treasure there.

If our eyes have been on our earthly home and the life we are building here, it is time for us to switch our focus to that of Abraham and to do as Jesus advised. Why? No architect on earth holds a candle to our heavenly architect.

Lord, we praise You, the ARCHITECT of the New Jerusalem and of our salvation. Fill us with awe and gratitude as we think about You preparing a place for us. Focus our eyes and set our priorities on eternity and the New Jerusalem rather than the passing things of earth.

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