By faith he went to live in the land of promise, as in a foreign land, living in tents with Isaac and Jacob, heirs with him of the same promise. Hebrews 11:9 – One of the things I prayed for when I was first married was to be able to have our own house one day. Thankfully, the Lord has provided and we have lived in our home for over 10 years now. Yet, how weird would it be if you came over to our house after us living there this long and you saw everything was still in moving boxes. We even still lived out of our suitcases and never actually moved into the house. We would be living as travelers there, not as if this was our home. That’s the picture we get with Abraham in our verse. He never “made himself home” in this land. They lived in tents, moving from place to place, never settling down like the other inhabitants around him did. Why? Because this wasn’t their forever home, and you don’t settle in a temporary place. The lesson for us is that we shouldn’t settle in Earth as if this is our forever home, for this planet is only a temporary place for us. If we are believers in Christ, then we have a heavenly home that we’ll be in someday. We then should not live here on earth as if this is our forever home. For many people live as if this place is all there is, eating, drinking, and being merry. But we’re just passing through. Let’s then not live as those who have settled that this is all there is. Let’s keep our end destination in mind daily for that will dramatically change how we exist in this life. If Heaven is your heavenly home, then don’t settle in a place you’re just passing through. I love you, but Jesus loves you more – Mac – Daily DEVO 3195
Question To Ponder: What might “settling” in this life look like?
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