We reminded each other yesterday that we are strangers and pilgrims in this earth. However, we have to do more than know this truth. We have to confess it.
The great faith chapter reminds us: “These all died in faith, not having received the promises, but having seen them afar off, and were PERSUADED of them, and EMBRACED them, and CONFESSED that they were strangers and pilgrims on this earth” (Hebrew 11:13).
The saints of old CONFESSED they were strangers and pilgrims. They acknowledged they were citizens of Heaven. The faith men and women of old lived in the light of the eternal kingdom. What is your confession? Do you focus more on working for the materials possession of this world or are you building for the eternal kingdom? Are you preparing your children for the eternal world?
We learn to do this is by continually CONFESSING we are strangers and foreigners. Perhaps we should confess this truth each morning as we rise. “Thank you for being with me today, Father, as I live as a pilgrim and stranger here on this earth. Help me to realize that I belong to another kingdom apart from this world. And in the name of Jesus, I confess that I am a stranger and pilgrim today. Amen.”
The word “confession” is the Greek word “homologeo” and means “to speak and confess the same words God says to us and about us, to agree with God, and to publically acknowledge God’s truth.” We must daily confess the truths that belong to God’s kingdom instead of the humanistic jargon of this humanistic society.
As you daily confess the truth that you are only a temporary resident on this earth, you will begin to live more according to this truth.
Be encouraged in God’s ways,
Nancy Campbell