Dave and I have really spent most of our lives together as nomads. It’s been an exciting adventure as we have moved from place to place, making new friends and seeing new areas of the country.
The modern conveniences of Google Maps, Hotels.com, and Gas Buddy have made it easier than it used to be.
But how did Moses do it?
He couldn’t call ahead and request a double-king with the continental breakfast. What about camel refueling? He had to dig his own wells.
Abraham didn’t even have a map, he just had to follow the leading of God’s voice and stop when the Lord said to stop.
“ By faith Abraham obeyed when he was called to go out to the place which he would receive as an inheritance. And he went out, not knowing where he was going. 9 By faith he dwelt in the land of promise as in a foreign country, dwelling in tents with Isaac and Jacob, the heirs with him of the same promise; 10 for he waited for the city which has foundations, whose builder and maker is God…16 Therefore God is not ashamed to be called their God, for He has prepared a city for them.” Hebrews 11:8-16 NJKV
This morning I ask myself a question. “Am I anticipating my heavenly home – my eternal city with the same excitement and anticipation as the one in Arizona?” The answer is yes! There isn’t one thing here on this earth that I wouldn’t give up for living in the city whose builder and maker is God!
And the things I hold most dear I don’t have to give up, I get to take them with me; my husband, my brothers and sisters, my children and my friends. How wonderful is that!
“Let not your heart be troubled; you believe in God, believe also in Me. 2 In My Father’s house are many mansions; if it were not so, I would have told you. I go to prepare a place for you.3 And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again and receive you to Myself; that where I am, there you may be also.” John 14:1-3 NJKV
Father, my prayer today is that all whom I hold dear have a personal relationship with you. I desire that their friendship with You is deeper than it is with me. I can make them dinners and baked goods; I can share my home with them but You, You gave the life of Your Son so that they will live eternally. Thank you for touching their hearts today – thank you for providing new life, a life that never ends – thank you for giving us a place in You where we will never die but will live eternally. And thank you for caring about the everyday, small and minute details of our lives. In the name of Jesus. Amen!
“You were raised from death with Christ. So live for what is in heaven, where Christ is sitting at the right hand of God. 2 Think only about what is up there, not what is here on earth. ” Colossians 3:1-2 ERV
We’re just one day closer to home!