Some feel stuck. “We, however, are citizens of heaven. We look forward to the Lord Jesus Christ coming from heaven as our Savior. Through his power to bring everything under his authority, he will…” change everything for the better and forever including…”our humble bodies!”
Being an immigrant is very difficult. It means leaving everything known for the new and unknown. Believers are immigrants.
This 1920s song—“I Can’t Feel at Home Anymore” gives us a long-range, positive perspective:
| Verse 1. This world is not my home I’m just passing through my treasures are laid up somewhere beyond the blue the angels beckon me from Heaven’s open door and I can’t feel at home in this world anymore. Chorus: O Lord you know I have no friend like you if Heaven’s not my home then Lord what will I do? the angels beckon me from Heaven’s open door and I can’t feel at home in this world anymore Verse 2. They’re all expecting me and that’s one thing I know my savior pardoned me and now I onward go I know He’ll take me through though I am weak and poor and I can’t feel at home in this world anymore Verse 3. Just up in Glory land, we’ll live eternally the Saints on every hand are shouting victory their song of sweetest praise drifts back from Heaven’s shore and I can’t feel at home in this world anymore |
SONG LINK: The Carter Family Version of “I Can’t Feel at Home Anymore”
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Hi John. I love that song. It’s up lifting.
Thank you, Ken. Songs really help as the LORD brings them to mind!
Good word…truthful word. Spiritual couches and comfort are so dangerous. Like Israel partaking of EVERY part of the sacrificial Passover lamb…may we have our shoes on, cloaks on, and traveling staff in hand, to migrate through as immigrants to our future home
Amen, Dan. It is better to give than receive. Jesus said, “That is what the Son of Man has done: He came to serve, not be served—and then to give away his life in exchange for the many who are held hostage.” Matthew 20:28 (The Message) and:1 Peter 1:13 (The Message)
So roll up your sleeves, put your mind in gear, be totally ready to receive the gift that’s coming when Jesus arrives.