Esteeming the reproach of Christ greater riches than the treasures in Egypt: for he had respect unto the recompence of the reward. – Hebrews 11:26, KJV

Imagine for a moment that you have a fantastic job. You have more money than you know what to do with. You have tremendous influence over others.  You have amazing health insurance, a wonderful retirement package, and absolutely no worries of ever being fired or downsized. In short, you’ve got it made!

One day, a dear friend comes to you with a horrible problem. His family is in great distress financially, medical care is nonexistent, and retirement is an impossible dream. His family is suffering persecution and tyranny as well, and the situation seems hopeless. Your friend has a plan to save his family from all of this distress, and he knows with all of his heart that the plan will work. But the plan needs one last thing to be complete, and that plan is – you!  The only way the plan will work is if you abandon your wealth, your influence, and your future and redirect all of your time, talent, and training to the needs of your friend’s family.  Their rescue from destruction and despair rest on you alone, and the only things your friend offers you in return is hardship, struggle, challenge, and the promise of a future reward for all of your present sacrifice.

What do you do?  Stay where you are, or abandon all to help your friend?

This is the choice that Moses faced. As the adopted son of Pharaoh’s daughter, Moses was a prince with power over millions. He had at his disposal all that the world has to offer, and had he chosen Egypt over Israel, he would have lived a cushy life. But, as Hebrews 11:24-26 teach us, Moses was able to see into the future through the eyes of faith. When he did so, he understood that the things of this world cannot compare to the everlasting reward that accompanies obedience to Christ, and because of this foresight, he choose to help his Friend’s family.

God gives us all opportunities to make the same choice that Moses did. Whether on a grand scale or on a small one, we, like Moses, will have occasion to decide between something the world tells us to hold dear and something God tells us to hold dear. The world’s treasures will be right before us; we’ll be able to see them, to touch them, and to enjoy them here and now. God’s treasures, however, will only be visible through spiritual eyes of faith, and the time to touch them and to enjoy them will be in the future.

When faced with such a choice, what will we do? Will we choose what we see with our spiritual eyes over what we see with our earthly ones?  Or will we forsake our future reward in favor of what we can see and touch today?

May God help us to make the same choice Moses did and live by faith, not by sight.

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