Coming Home

Question to think about:
Are you at home in the heart of God?

Our friends have been waiting for their son to come home from the other side of the world. The waiting is over. Their son, a member of the "SCREAMING EAGLES," is due to arrive tonight at Fort Campbell, Kentucky. He has chosen to live out the belief that it is his duty to serve. The belief has a cost . . . extended periods of separation from family and friends . . . but . . . tonight they are reunited . . . a time of great celebration . . . their son is home.

Does your belief lead you to the heart of God?

We are created to believe God . . . to draw close into the heart of God . . . to purposefully participate and engage with the presence, power, and peace of God. Ultimately, how we live reflects our actual beliefs. Elizabeth told Mary she was blessed for believing God:
Blessed are you who believed that what was spoken to you by the Lord would be fulfilled." (Luke 1:45, NAS)

Mary had to wait for what God said would be fulfilled. Waiting is difficult and is part of the cost of believing God. There is a point in the waiting process that the choice to continue to believe or to disregard the belief must be made. Thus, the waiting process reveals if we actually believe God. When the waiting is finally over . . . and we continue to believe God . . . we are stronger:

But those who wait on the LORD
Shall renew their strength;
They shall mount up with wings like eagles,
They shall run and not be weary,
They shall walk and not faint.
(Isaiah 40:31, NKJ)

Become stronger. Wait on God in belief. . . mounting up with wings like eagles. Celebrate the process of belief . . . waiting in belief . . . in the heart of God.

Come home to the heart of God.
Believe God.
Believe that what God says will be fulfilled.
Wait . . . become stronger . . . and mount up with wings like eagles.
Give up one thing (fast) until the New Year for more time and clarity with God . . . to learn how to be at home in the heart of God.

Learning with you to come home,
Shalom,
Kerrie
(All devotions written by Kerrie Palmer ©2008 All Rights Reserved)