By Andrea Merrell
For where your
treasure is, there will your heart be also.
Matthew 6:21 KJV
One week into our three-week vacation, my husband
said, “I think I’m homesick already.”
A break from the norm is something we all need
from time to time. But no matter where we go, deep inside we still yearn for
the familiar. For the comfortable. For home.
Dorothy said, “There’s no place like home; there’s
no place like home.” After her trip to the amazing Land of Oz, she realized how
much she missed the simple comforts of her ordinary life and the people she
loved.
Some say home is where the heart is. That begs the
question, where is our heart? The Bible tells us that as God’s children, we are
seated in heavenly places with Christ, and we are to set our affections on things
above. Jesus said He is preparing a place for us. Our final destination. Our
heavenly home. That’s where our heart should be.
In Jesus
Calling, Sarah Young writes:
I made you in my image,
and I hid heaven in your heart. Your yearning for me is a form of homesickness,
longing for your time in heaven. ~Jesus
As much as I love the comfort and familiarity of
where I reside, it cannot begin to compare with the glory that awaits me. This
world is not my true home.
Whether your earthly home is a safe haven or place of
turmoil, know that this existence, this earthly life, is temporary. We are only
passing through.
Look to Jesus, the author and finisher of your
faith. He has hidden heaven in your heart.
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FreeDigitalPhotos.net and Stuart Miles.)
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