What does it look like to build your life around a promise you may not fully see in your lifetime?

Abraham left home without knowing where he was going. Sarah trusted God for what seemed impossible. Isaac and Jacob passed the promise to another generation. Joseph died in Egypt still believing so deeply in God’s future that he gave instructions about his bones.

Hebrews 11:8–22 tells the story of people who lived in tents while looking for a city with foundations. They enjoyed God’s gifts in the present, but they never confused the temporary with home.

In “A Better Promised Land,” Pastor Neil Sandlin discusses the truth that biblical faith changes what we want, looks toward the world to come, makes us pilgrims in the present, and moves us to act on what God has promised.

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