When I write these (almost) daily devotional thoughts, please know that I have not written them days in advance. I write them as soon as I have something I feel God has told me to share. Some days, I don’t think they are as profound or that my writing is that good. Often, those are the days when someone texts me and tells me how much it meant to them. (Thank you for that; it means more than you will ever know.) That is why they are posted at various times during the day.
When I study scripture, I often have at least 3 different translations open to get different wording and context and to bring on greater understanding. Here lately, I have added in two commentaries, two exhaustive concordances, and an Old Testament Bible History book. (Thanks to you all. lol) Sometimes the same verse will just “hit” me differently in one translation where I just read over it in another. Its not that they don’t mean the same thing; it’s just that the wording resonates with me in one translation more than another.
Yesterday I talked about the tamarisk tree and how its roots run deep. I mentioned that I am blessed to have a family legacy of believers who have passed on their faith through the generations. I know that might be a touchy topic for some, and I pray I have not offended anyone. Sometimes we have a rough past; we can look back on that and see how God brought us through it and restored us. Sometimes, no matter how hard we pray, our kids are pulled away from faith, and it scares us. In all the times, good and bad, God is there. He sees us (El Roi), he sustains us (El Shadday), and he is with us (El Olam).
There’s an old saying that says “home is where the heart is”. Scripture tells us in Matthew 6:19-21, “Don’t store up treasures here on earth, where moths eat them and rust destroys them, and where thieves break in and steal. Store up treasures in heaven, where moths and rust cannot destroy, and thieves do not break in and steal. Wherever your treasure is, there the desires of your heart will be.”
So my question is, where is home? If home is where your heart is, your treasure is also there. Then where is “there”?
Psalm 90 is a recorded prayer of Moses, and it opens with, “Lord, through all the generations you have been our home! Before the mountains were born, before you gave birth to the earth and the world, from the beginning to end, you are God.” (NLT)
The NIV says “you have been our dwelling place”.
The GWT says, “you have been our refuge”.
What a beautiful picture of El Olam. What a fantastic picture of home, our refuge, and our dwelling place!
Let your faith be so rooted in God that the devil shakes when your feet hit the ground in the morning. Let your prayers be so big that they scare you when they come true. Let people around you feel the presence of God when you walk in the room because you are so in tune with him and have a rich relationship with him. Let God be your home.
Let God be the place where you store your treasures. Let God be the one to see you, sustain you, carry you, surround you, and hold you. Let Him flow from you to your children
Psalm 90:14 says this, “Satisfy us each morning with your unfailing love, so we may sing for joy to the end of our lives.”
As someone who loves to sing, that sounds wonderful to me.
Be a blessing to someone today and have a great day with Jesus!
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