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| CELEBRATE ME HOME |
“I’m going home on the morning train.” That’s a song we used
to sing at church way back in the day.
For the last couple of days, that song has been refreshed in
my spirit. I have been so home sick for my heavenly home that I almost feel
teary-eyed. I’m not suicidal or anything at all like that, just longing
to be at rest and free of struggle, evil and unrest.
God's kingdom is so opposite of all that. God will wipe away all
our tears. There will be no more struggle.
The lion will lay down peacefully with
the lamb. There will be love in the air and everywhere.
My neighbors’ dogs will not be barking like they’ve lost
their minds.
I will not have to lock my doors to prevent thieves.
I will not have to worry about the bills piling up and the
many other responsibilities of life that require my attention. All week I kept
forgetting to buy toothpaste. A small thing, but so very important at 6:45 a.m.
I will have a mansion that is so laid, it will make even the most
fabulous mansion here, look like a tent.
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| IN MY FATHER'S HOUSE ARE MANY MANSIONS |
“Eye has not seen,
nor ear heard,
nor have entered into the heart of man
the things which God has prepared
for those who love Him.”
I still think I will have something to do in heaven, but
whatever it is, it will make my heart sing. It will not be a struggle and I will have no more enemies to fight, no more
heavy sighs, no more tears to shed, no more heavy hearts, and most
importantly, no more traffic and idiot-drivers. Depression will be a thing of
the past. Our glorified bodies will not be able to experience sad emotions or
disappointments. Love, joy and peace will be manifested in whole… (for the
fruit of the Spirit is in all goodness, righteousness, and truth) the apostle
said in Eph. 5:9.
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| DOVE OF PEACE |
Jesus said, “My peace I leave with you.” I believe there is
a place in the spirit realm (if we can find it), that no matter what is going
on in life, we can still have peace. I have not quite discovered it yet and I
think that is part of my problem. I must learn how to let it be... Let go, and let God... Cast my cares... Take my burdens to the Lord, leave them there and walk away (or run away). Either way, don't pick it back up.
If I know, for sure, that I am in the will of God, and
trouble rears it’s ugly head in the midst, then I must also believe that God is
using it somehow to work things out for my good. The godly may trip seven
times, but they will get up again. But one disaster is enough to overthrow the
wicked (Prov.24:16 NLT). God is bigger than evil and He has not lost control of
what is going on.
Jesus said we could speak to the mountain and command it to
be removed from here to yonder place. But God meant for us to climb some rough
mountains here and there, and we will not be able to command them away. BUT also, don’t
forget… He has given us authority over all the power of the enemy.
Behold, I give you the authority to trample on serpents and
scorpions, and over all the power of the enemy, and nothing shall by any means
hurt you (Luke 10:19).
Jesus said to the apostle Peter, “Most assuredly, I say to
you, when you were younger, you girded yourself and walked where you wished;
but when you are old, you will stretch out your hands, and another will gird
you and carry you where you do not wish.” One thing is sure of the believer, we
are bought with a price and our lives are not our own.
For you were bought at a price; therefore glorify God in
your body and in your spirit, which are God’s (1 Cor. 6:20).
I went on a trip with my former husband one time, and I didn’t
know any of the people there. I was so uncomfortable. They sat around
reminiscing about the good old days and since I didn’t know them back then, I
just sat quietly with nothing to say. I wanted to go home so badly that I
couldn’t think of anything else but home. I wondered why the Lord even had me
there in the first place, if all they were going to do is talk about the good
old days, and ignore me like I wasn’t even there.
At the end of the trip, we met this lady through the people
we were visiting. She was looking for a ride back to Dallas and we lived in the
Dallas area so we invited her to come with us.
On the drive back home, we found out that this lady was
having all kinds of trouble with her teen aged son. She was at her wit's end.
She needed answers in a bad way. It was on the drive back home, that I realized
why I was there in the first place. God needed someone to minister to this
lady, and He put us in her path. By the time we got back to Dallas, she knew
she had experienced the Lord that day, and that He cared about her situation
and He was bringing her deliverance.
Just as Jesus had warned Peter, He girded me and carried me
where I did not want to go, but in the end, a weary mother’s life was changed,
and I too had experienced the Lord that day. Jesus told His disciples, we need
to go through Samaria this time. They had traveled that way before by a
different road. There was a Samaritan woman there that He was going to meet. He
was to minister to this lady and she was to be the catalyst that introduced
Jesus to all the Samaritans.
This journey called life is full of ups and downs. The down
times may cause us to long desperately for home. The apostle Paul said, “For to
me, to live is Christ, and to die is gain” (Phil. 1:21). So, if living is for
Christ, then even during the down times, I’m still up.
I’m not weak, I am strong in the Lord. He is my strength for
this journey. Out of my belly flows rivers of living water and there is no
drought nor dearth in my spirit, for the Lord is my Shepherd, I shall not want
nor lack. He makes me lie down in fresh, tender green pastures, and leads me
beside still and restful waters.
My flesh and my heart fail; but God is the strength of my
heart and my portion forever. (Psalm 73:26)