Walking This Pilgrim Pathway

2 Corinthians 5:7

For we walk by faith, not by sight.



Hebrews 11:13-16

 All these people were still living by faith when they died. They did not receive the things promised; they only saw them and welcomed them from a distance. And they admitted that they were aliens and strangers on earth.  People who say such things show that they are looking for a country of their own. If they had been thinking of the country they had left, they would have had opportunity to return.  Instead, they were longing for a better country--a heavenly one. Therefore God is not ashamed to be called their God, for he has prepared a city for them.

Dr. J. Vernon McGee wrote about California: "I have a ranch out here. It's not what you would call a big ranch -- 72 feet wide and 128 feet deep. But I have my house in the middle of it, and I have ... orange trees, avocado trees, tangerine trees, nectarine trees, and lemons .... The other day I just looked up and thanked the Lord that He gave me that place. It is the first place I have ever owned and paid for, but He gave it to me, and I thank Him for it. However, I told Him, 'Don't let me get in love with this place, or I won't want to leave it and go to a better place.' We are strangers and pilgrims down here, because we are walking by faith, looking to a better place."1


Possessions accumulate with time, but it's helpful to echo Dr. McGee's prayer: "Lord, don't let me get in love with this place." Faith is how we receive God's grace, and our greatest possessions are Christ, His Word, and the future He's planned for us. Don't fall in love with the world. Walk by faith on the pilgrim pathway.

Walking by faith will cause all of us to recognize that as children of God we are just pilgrims and strangers down here on this earth.