Not ashamed to be called your God

Pastor Will invites us into a profound exploration of faith that transcends the instant gratification we often seek in our prayer lives. Drawing from Hebrews 11:11-16, we're challenged to examine whether our faith rests in God Himself or merely in receiving the answers we desire. The passage about Sarah conceiving in her old age becomes a mirror for our own spiritual journey—she judged God faithful to keep His promise even when every circumstance screamed impossibility. This is the heart of biblical faith: believing is seeing, not the other way around. We're confronted with the uncomfortable reality that the Old Testament saints died without receiving what was promised, yet they triumphed because their reward wasn't the promise itself, but intimacy with the Promise-Keeper. This transforms how we view our unanswered prayers and delayed blessings. When we judge God faithful regardless of what we see, we gain a future vision that allows us to welcome what we don't yet possess. We learn to detach from the world's values, recognizing that our citizenship is in a heavenly country prepared by God. Most remarkably, we discover that when our faith is anchored in God rather than outcomes, He is not ashamed to be called our God—a statement so profound it should leave us breathless with wonder and gratitude.