Tag: pilgrimage
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Pilgrims Before a Throne – Genesis 47:8-10
Genesis 47:8-9 And Pharaoh said unto Jacob, How old art thou? And Jacob said unto Pharaoh, The days of the years of my pilgrimage are an hundred and thirty years: few and evil have the days of the years of my life been, and have not attained unto the days of the years of the…
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Settling Too Soon – Genesis 33:17
Genesis 33:17And Jacob journeyed to Succoth, and built him an house, and made booths for his cattle: therefore the name of the place is called Succoth. Jacob leaves that tender moment with Esau and journeys to Succoth. The name means Tent Town, which sounds fitting enough for a pilgrim. But then we read something that…
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A Life Interpreted by God – Genesis 24:1
Genesis 24:1 And Abraham was old, and well stricken in age: and the Lord had blessed Abraham in all things. There are some truths the Lord chooses to teach not merely by command, but by portrayal. He gives us a life, a scene, a relationship, a moment, and says in effect, “Look carefully. This is…
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Still a Pilgrim – Genesis 23:3-4
Genesis 23:3-4 And Abraham stood up from before his dead, and spake unto the sons of Heth, saying, I am a stranger and a sojourner with you: give me a possession of a buryingplace with you, that I may bury my dead out of my sight. There is a lot of weight in those words,…
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Still a Sojourner – Genesis 20:1
Genesis 20:1And Abraham journeyed from thence toward the south country, and dwelled between Kadesh and Shur, and sojourned in Gerar. Abraham is on the move once again. That is worth noticing because he has just come through a heavy season. He had interceded for Sodom. He had seen judgment fall. He had looked out and…
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Altars and Tents – Genesis 12:7-8
Genesis 12:7, 8 … and there builded he an altar unto the LORD, who appeared unto him. And he removed from thence unto a mountain on the east of Bethel, and pitched his tent… … having Bethel on the west, and Hai on the east: and there he builded an altar unto the LORD, and…
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Praise on the Pilgrim Road – Hebrews 13:14–15
There are seasons when praise feels easy. A man wakes up lighthearted. Prayer feels warm. Worship comes naturally. Gratitude rises without effort. It is springtime in the soul, and the fruit seems to come almost by itself. But then there are other seasons. The sky feels gray inside. Traffic wears on you. Dishes pile up.…
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A Better Country Keeps You From Going Back – Hebrews 11:14–16
Hebrews 11:14–16 For they that say such things declare plainly that they seek a country. And truly, if they had been mindful of that country from whence they came out, they might have had opportunity to have returned. But now they desire a better country, that is, an heavenly: wherefore God is not ashamed to…
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Strangers Here, Steady in Faith – Hebrews 11:13
Hebrews 11:13 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 the earth. There is something both strong and tender in this verse. These people died in faith. Not after seeing…
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Still in a Tent, Still Heading Home – Hebrews 11:9–10
Hebrews 11:9, 10 By faith he sojourned in the land of promise, as in a strange country, dwelling in tabernacles with Isaac and Jacob, the heirs with him of the same promise: For he looked for a city which hath foundations, whose builder and maker is God. Picture Abraham at dusk. Tent canvas pulling in…