Tues., 4/21/20 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 on earth, as we (with Him) tra-verse this 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"—in Christ.

Wherever we are on this planet and in this world, so long as we are abiding with Christ, we are enjoying heaven already. Are we feeling alone today? If so, and if we are faithful churchmen, our Savior is with us on our journey down here.

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