Have You Seen the City of God?

Altha and I live in a mobile home. It’s rather ironic: mobile homes are not attached to the ground. And those who know us well know that we are not very attached to things of this world (or so it is our intent not to be).

Abraham, whose faith is an example to all believers, saw the City of God and was never the same (Hebrews 11:10). Though God promised him the land of Canaan, he lived in tents, never building a permanent dwelling. Abraham was detached from earthly things: he knew anything built in this life was temporary. The Bible says, he “pitched his tent and built his altars” (Genesis 12:8). His priorities were right. We should imitate the faith of Abraham.

Those who have seen the eternal city of God pay less attention to building something in this temporary realm. Like Abraham they are content to live in tents (or even mobile homes) because they possess a spirit of detachment. Conversely, the less they see the city God is building, the greater their attachment to their earthly dwellings.

So let us follow Abraham’s example: let us give more attention to building our altars of worship to God than our earthly dwellings. We have everything to gain, and nothing to lose: detachment from the world results in great contentment.

Do you see it? Once you see the city God is building, you will give your attention to that which is going to last forever.