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Greeting God’s Promises

Read: Hebrews 11:8-22

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As you read through Hebrews 11:8-22, you are invited into the hall of faith, a chapter of Scripture where the faithful are commended, not for their accomplishments, but for their trust in a God they could not see and promises they had not yet received. Joseph's name is among those honored, and rightly so. By faith, he navigates betrayal, hardship, and uncertainty. His life, marked by suffering and leadership, is ultimately anchored in trust that God will fulfill His promises.

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Joseph's faith is not passive waiting. He acts, leads, and forgives, all while believing in something beyond his immediate reality. Joseph does not live to see Israel return to the land God promised, but in his final days, he gives instructions about his bones, confident they will one day rest in that land (Hebrews 11:22). His faith holds on to what his eyes cannot yet see.

What is striking about Joseph’s story is that he is not just trusting God for the blessings of the moment; his faith looks forward. He believes in the promises of God to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, even when the evidence seems to point in the opposite direction. How could a man who is enslaved, imprisoned, and then exiled from his homeland trust so deeply? Because Joseph’s faith is not in his circumstances, but in the character and promises of God. Hebrews reminds us that the people of God “greeted [the promises] from afar” (11:13). They embraced God's promises, even when fulfillment was distant. Joseph’s life teaches us that true faith is anchored not in what we can hold today, but in the unshakable hope of what God declares for tomorrow. Faith looks beyond the present struggle and trusts in the eternal plan of a sovereign God.

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How often do we allow our circumstances to define our faith? We want to see, feel, and touch the fulfillment of God’s promises now, forgetting that the true nature of faith is believing in what is not yet visible. Joseph calls us to lift our eyes from the present to the eternal, to trust that God is working even when we cannot understand His ways. Today, where is your faith being challenged? Are you struggling to trust God with a promise unfulfilled, a prayer unanswered, or a season of suffering? Remember Joseph, who lived, suffered and led with faith that endured beyond the grave, trusted that God’s plan was far greater than what he could see. Consider this: Are you greeting God’s promises with faith, even from afar? What would it look like today to release your hold on immediate answers and instead embrace the God who holds the future?