Home Sweet Home
I helped prepare and serve lunch yesterday at the local homeless mission. Over 100 were served, but I was perhaps the one who received the greatest service, the most abundant blessing. More happened during that time inside my spirit than this short blog or my meager words can convey.
Our house is small and I have recently been scouting around for a larger one. Yesterday, God spoke to my spirit through people who live on the streets, who would be thrilled with our small home that is paid for. Why is this home not good enough for me? It is actually more than we need. So what is the word for me in this? What is God saying?
Oh, please don't assume I was so emotionally impacted by pity that I interpretted it as a word to me from the Lord. I know the difference and have seen much harder cases than these... after all, I have been in the worst parts of Watts, Harlem, NYC, St. Louis, etc.
No, God had something to say to me and, just as I knew when He told me that I had made an idol out of cigarettes, I know He is now telling me to wait until (or IF) He decides we should move to other quarters. Meanwhile, I am to appreciate and love the home He has provided and not eschew anything about it.
Jesus once told some Roman soldiers to "...be content with your wages." This on the heels of telling them not to use force or treachery to take money from anyone. (Luke 3:14) Basically we can all apply that concept of being content and not "grasping." God knows what we need and if we we find ourselves in a place of want, He is more aware of it than are we.
If, after casting our cares on Him in prayer and trusting Him enough to say, "Thy will, not mine," as did Jesus in Gethsemone, we remain in need and in some painful state, we can only assume that He has a purpose in it. He will indeed right the situation either here or in heaven, for He thinks eternally. (That is so hard to get our minds around!)
But back to my home situation and God's message to me. I am told to be content, to wait on Him (in all things, not just this) and with that came the enablement. Today, I walk around my house and see how comfortable it is and notice how blessed I am to live here! Amen!!!
Our house is small and I have recently been scouting around for a larger one. Yesterday, God spoke to my spirit through people who live on the streets, who would be thrilled with our small home that is paid for. Why is this home not good enough for me? It is actually more than we need. So what is the word for me in this? What is God saying?
Oh, please don't assume I was so emotionally impacted by pity that I interpretted it as a word to me from the Lord. I know the difference and have seen much harder cases than these... after all, I have been in the worst parts of Watts, Harlem, NYC, St. Louis, etc.
No, God had something to say to me and, just as I knew when He told me that I had made an idol out of cigarettes, I know He is now telling me to wait until (or IF) He decides we should move to other quarters. Meanwhile, I am to appreciate and love the home He has provided and not eschew anything about it.
Jesus once told some Roman soldiers to "...be content with your wages." This on the heels of telling them not to use force or treachery to take money from anyone. (Luke 3:14) Basically we can all apply that concept of being content and not "grasping." God knows what we need and if we we find ourselves in a place of want, He is more aware of it than are we.
If, after casting our cares on Him in prayer and trusting Him enough to say, "Thy will, not mine," as did Jesus in Gethsemone, we remain in need and in some painful state, we can only assume that He has a purpose in it. He will indeed right the situation either here or in heaven, for He thinks eternally. (That is so hard to get our minds around!)
But back to my home situation and God's message to me. I am told to be content, to wait on Him (in all things, not just this) and with that came the enablement. Today, I walk around my house and see how comfortable it is and notice how blessed I am to live here! Amen!!!
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