Tuesday, April 21, 2009

Tues., 4/21/09 Devotion (Lev. 25:23)

Today's encouragement comes from Leviticus 25:23, where we read these words:

"The land shall not be sold permanently, for the land is Mine; for you are strangers and sojourners with Me."

This (above) is an interesting verse. God owns the land, the earth, and (for that matter) everything in the entire universe. Still, He reckons Himself to be a "stranger" and a "sojourner" with His church, as they (with Him) traverse the globe. The Lord is *with* us, as we move from the sin and bondage of spiritual Egypt, to the glory and freedom of the spiritual "Canaan."

Wherever we are, as long as it is with Christ, we are enjoying heaven itself. Are you feeling alone today? If you are a faithful churchman, your Savior is with you on your journey.

[Puritan quote of the day: "True saving peace will live in the sight of sin." --William Bridge, in "A Lifting Up for the Downcast"]