Our Daily Bread for Teens 13th August 2021 Devotional – The Horizon
OUR DAILY BREAD FOR TEENS, FRIDAY 13 AUGUST 2021
TOPIC: THE HORIZON
Today’s Bible Reading: Hebrews 11:8-16
8 By faith Abraham, when he was called to go out into a place which he should after receive for an inheritance, obeyed; and he went out, not knowing whither he went.
9 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:
10 For he looked for a city which hath foundations, whose builder and maker is God.
11 Through faith also Sara herself received strength to conceive seed, and was delivered of a child when she was past age, because she judged him faithful who had promised.
12 Therefore sprang there even of one, and him as good as dead, so many as the stars of the sky in multitude, and as the sand which is by the sea shore innumerable.
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.
14 For they that say such things declare plainly that they seek a country.
15 And truly, if they had been mindful of that country from whence they came out, they might have had opportunity to have returned.
16 But now they desire a better country, that is, an heavenly: wherefore God is not ashamed to be called their God: for he hath prepared for them a city.
Our Daily Bread for Teens 13th August 2021 Devotional
Key Verse: We are looking for the city that is to come – Hebrews 13:14
Almost as soon as the ferry began to move, I started to feel ill with seasickness. “Just stare at the horizon,” I reminded myself. Sailors say this helps to keep a good perspective while the boat bobs about.
God, the maker of the horizon (Job 26:10), knows that sometimes we will get scared or worried. We can keep a good perspective on things by focusing on the distant but steady horizon we’re heading towards.
The writer of Hebrews understood this. He knew his readers were struggling. Their trust in Jesus had meant that many of them had been attacked and had lost their homes. So he reminded them that other followers of God had gone through hard times, hatred and homelessness. They kept on going because they knew something much better was coming.
In their struggles, these readers could look forward to the city “whose architect and builder is God” (Heb. 11:10), the heavenly “country” (v.16), the city God had prepared for them (v.16). So the writer asked his readers to focus on God’s promises. “For here we do not have [a long-lasting] city, but we are looking for the city that is to come” (13:14).
The hard things we’re going through right now won’t last forever. We are “foreigners and strangers on earth” (11:13), but as we focus on heaven on the horizon and remember all of God’s promises, we will find we can keep going.
KEY POINTS: FOCUS ON GOD AND KEEP GOING.
Our Daily Bread for Teens 13 August 2021 was written By Our Daily Bread Ministries (ODB). Our Daily Bread Teens Edition a reading plan with bite-sized devotions and relatable stories that help teenagers connect the timeless wisdom of God’s Word to their daily life. We hope this 30-day experience will kick start a closer relationship with the One who will accompany them through life’s storms
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