Hebrews 11: A 5-Day DevotionalSample

“We walk by faith, not by sight,” wrote the apostle Paul (2  Cor. 5:7). This dichotomy between faith and sight captures the description of faith that opens Hebrews 11. However, deeply ingrained instincts often attune our expectations and emotions, our attitudes and actions, more to the circumstances we see than to the voice of God who speaks in Scripture. To please God by taking him at his word for things we cannot see, we must resist the attention-hoarding demands of the visible. At creation, God’s unseen word brought about all that our senses now perceive, and the Son’s powerful word still sustains his universe (Heb. 1:3). The primacy of God’s speech over our sight still stands. Trust that truth, and act in its light. God will be pleased.