‘Home is wherever God is, and God is ever with me.’ - Rebekah Lyons
Home is not a place, but a Person who took up residence among His people (Jn 1:14). Our lives can be spent seeking solace and shelter from the chaos of the world, but, ’He who dwells in the shelter of the Most High will abide in the shadow of the Almighty (Ps 91:1).’ And when God is our dwelling place, we can echo the Psalmist and say ‘My refuge and my fortress, my God, in whom I trust.’ (Ps 91:2)
The word dwell carries with it the idea to settle down. We settle down into Home as we are quieted and stilled by His love and knowledge of His identity (Ps 46:10, Zeph 3:17). When you make your home in God the settled down-ness follows you regardless of location. But one day the settled down dwelling of God will be with man:
‘And I heard a loud voice from the throne saying, ‘Behold, the dwelling place of God is with man. He will dwell with them, and they will be His people, and God Himself will be with them as their God.’ - Revelation 21:3
‘Lord, You have been our dwelling place in all generations,’ way we find our rest, life and settled down-ness in You and You alone. In Your name, amen.
Settle,
AB