Lord, you have been our home (NCV, Psalm 90:1).
Sometimes when my wife Janelle and I think about the
challenges of ministry, the most difficult thing is that we don’t have any
place to call home. Ministry has taken us to Kansas, Tennessee, Maryland,
Georgia, Pennsylvania and most recently Oregon where we look forward to being
for a long time.
And I understand; it’s not just pastors. Everyone knows we
live in an increasingly mobile society. Lots of people feel the lack of roots
that comes from living here today and somewhere else tomorrow.
My wife’s family still lives in the Kansas City area. She
has her mom, a brother and two sisters, their spouses, nieces and nephews,
aunts and uncles and cousins all within the metro area. If I were pushed, I
guess I’d say that Kansas City
That’s why we take comfort in this passage: Lord, you
have been our home since the beginning. Before the mountains were born and
before you created the earth and the world, you are God. You have always been,
and you will always be (NCV, Psalm 90:1,2).
In an increasingly rootless society, no matter where we
live, we can sink our roots down deep into Christ. How much stability can we
have if our foundation is location, career or people? Everything changes…
everything that is, except for God. That’s why God is our home.
TODAY’S MEDITATION
Where’s your home? What
does it mean to say God is your home?
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