Our Soul's True Home

When Abraham was 75 years old, God called him to leave the land of his father and he unhesitatingly departed for the land of Canaan (Genesis 12:1-8). He was rootless, homeless, “not knowing where he was going” (Hebrews 11:8). Such was the story of Abraham’s life of faith.

It’s a fact that age brings change and uncertainty. It means transition from a familiar past to an uncertain future. It can mean movement from a family home to a smaller place, to a daughter’s or son’s home, to a retirement village, or to a nursing home. Like Abraham, some of us make our way from one location to another, always traveling and not knowing where we’re going.

Yet we can be at home in any dwelling, for our safekeeping lies not in the place where we live but in God Himself. We can dwell “in the secret place of the Most High” and “abide under the shadow of the Almighty” (Psalm 91:1). There, in His presence and "under His wings" we find refuge (Psalm 91:4). The eternal God becomes our dwelling place (Psalm 91:9).

Though our dwelling place here on earth may be uncertain (Hebrews 11:35-38), God will be our companion and friend until our traveling days are over and we reach our soul’s true home — heaven (Hebrews 11:13-16; 1 Peter 1:3-4).

Dear reader, until that day, let’s shed the light of God’s word on other travelers (Psalm 119:105; Matthew 28:18-20; Mark 16:15-16).

—Mike Riley, Gospel Snippets