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GOD’S WORD FOR STRANGERS
SATURDAY, JANUARY 13
Psalm 119:19-20
Hebrews 11:13-16
“…and confessed that they were
strangers and pilgrims on the earth.”
GOD’S WORD FOR STRANGERS
The word “stranger” describes a sojourner. He counts the place he is staying in as a transient abode for he is aware that he is just a pilgrim. He is a stranger on earth. He may be a citizen of a certain country, but he knows well he is not to live on this planet that long. Sooner or later, as a stranger, he is ready to move on to a place farther from here. He counts not this earth as his final dwelling place, but that he is an alien on this ball of dust and looks forward to being found in that eternal abode prepared for God’s children. He is a Christian, a citizen of heaven!
Hide it not: He cries for the Word not to be concealed from him. He believes he cannot survive living as a stranger on this earth without the Word. What he needs is for the Word to be kept close to him, he cannot afford to be far from the shield and refuge of his soul. The oppression from the people on this earth is hard and cruel; he requires the Word to assure him that this will not last for long. He will soon be transported to another realm, a place where there are no more tears in his eyes. Read Revelation 21:4. The Word is not to be covered. He wants it opened before his eyes.
Longing for it: His soul longs for the Word. The stranger has no other source of sustenance to strengthen him, the Word is the daily bread for his soul. His longing consumes his spirit as he seeks after the manna for his hungry soul. He knows the Word to be his milk and meat that provides his daily energy as he lives his life that is full of adversity. In the face of the dangers of the enemies lurking in secret places to attack him, the poisonous asps and scorpions awaiting anyone who passes by, the fearsome tempests and violent winds that blow against his ways, only the Word can assure him that there is a Promised Land filled with milk and honey awaiting him. He pursues after the Word to remind him that he is a stranger whose destination is the land of Beulah!
Dear reader, do you consider yourself a stranger on this earth? If so then you have no other need but the Word of God.
THOUGHT: Am I a stranger on this earth?
PRAYER: Father, may I keep the Promised Land in sight.