My words again are in blue and I hope they encourage your walk with our Lord. God bless you and yours.
Sunday, February 27, 2011
"Thou hast made the Lord, which is my refuge, even the most High, thy habitation." --Psalm 91:9
The Israelites in the wilderness were continually exposed to change. Aren't we all God? Don't we see the vanity in our attempts at permanence? Whenever the pillar stayed its motion, the tents were pitched; but tomorrow, ere the morning sun had risen, the trumpet sounded, the ark was in motion, and the fiery, cloudy pillar was leading the way through the narrow defiles of the mountain, up the hill side, or along the arid waste of the wilderness. What a site! I am sure that it was not easy to do this kind of traveling. God I think sometimes that my wilderness experiences are lonely or frightening, but Lord, thank you for being with me every where I am. They had scarcely time to rest a little before they heard the sound of "Away! this is not your rest; you must still be onward journeying towards Canaan!" They were never long in one place. Sometimes I feel like this too. I feel like I travel and never really find home. I have lived in so many towns just since High School and have never found a home. I feel more at home now than I ever have, but if my past is any indicator of the future, it will most likely not last for long. Even wells and palm trees could not detain them. Yet they had an abiding home in their God, his cloudy pillar was their roof tree, and its flame by night their household fire. Oh Lord, that I might be as the Israelites! I pray that I would have my home in you and never want four walls more than I want the four winds! That I might never desire alluring metals or jewels to adorn my walls, but that I would always want the one pearl of great worth to be none other than you. They must go onward from place to place, continually changing, never having time to settle, and to say, "Now we are secure; in this place we shall dwell." "Yet", says Moses, "though we are always changing, Lord, thou hast been our dwelling place throughout all generations." The Christian knows no change with regard to God. Thank you Jesus for being the first and the last. The everlasting God. He may be rich today and poor tomorrow; (Oh God this happens all the time in our country) he may be sickly today and well tomorrow; (This is a scary thought for me and others. It is hard to see our loved ones become ill or die, please help us continually put our trust in you. Help us to know you are in control.) he may be in happiness today, tomorrow he may be distressed-- ( I know this feeling all to well. There have been times where in a matter of hours my entire outlook on life has changed. I hate this truth because it does not reflect who you are. Help me God to be ever aware of your control and presence in my life )but there is no change with regard to his relationship to God. If he loved me yesterday, he loves me today. My unmoving mansion of rest is my blessed Lord. I do not need material wealth or the admiration from others because the one true God loves me and has a paradise awaiting me. Let prospects be blighted; let hopes be blasted; let joy be withered; let mildews destroy everything; I have lost nothing of what I have in God. He is "my strong habitation whereunto I can continually resort." I am a pilgrim in the world, but at home in my God. In the earth I wander, but in God I dwell in a quiet habitation. I can't speak for everyone, but I know that I have always had a homesickness in my heart. I have felt that I just don't fit in at times and that one day it will all make sense. I know that as I wander this earth, it is useless to worry about food or clothing, because my God loves me more than the mere animals, yet He takes care of them wonderfully. I must set my mind on heavenly things and press onward in my journey and rest in His love.
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