“Home is where the heart is.” It is a place you long for after a long day at work. It is a place of familiarity, warmth,
acceptance and rest. It is the
place that you can sit in your comfy spot and say, “Ah!! It’s good to be home.” Of course, not everybody feels that way
about home. The people on “Cheers”
obviously sought their rest a different way. I know for a fact that there are people everywhere that seek
that rest in other places because home has ceased to be that place.
But truth be known, even those who have that comfy spot do
not have perfect rest. That rest
can only come from One Source. In
a discussion with a young person recently, that on-going angst in life was
addressed. They were talking about
all the pressures they felt from life.
I had to tell them that those pressures are a lifelong battle. It’s always going to be something
jabbing at you…the scene just changes.
I went on to say. “That’s
not to depress you but to help you realize now that it’s a daily calling on God
to give you His peace and patience with this life. This earth really is not our home. That’s why it’s so hard to rest.”
“I am a
stranger in the earth; do not hide Your commandments from me.” Psalm 119:19 We have a rest, a genuine rest to look forward
to as Christians. “Therefore, let
us be diligent to enter that rest, so that no one will fall…” Hebrews 4:11 Seek God daily for the strength it takes to make it through
as a faithful representative of Jesus Christ. We, as believers, have a rest, a genuine rest with which to
look forward. Let’s spread
the word as we absorb the word, which will serve as our constant reminder and
hope of that future rest.
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