This Is Not Our Home

Psalm 27:1-4

English Standard Version (ESV)

Of David.

27 The Lord is my ^(A)light and my ^(B)salvation;
    ^(C)whom shall I fear?
The Lord is the stronghold^[a] of my life;
    of whom shall I be afraid?

² When evildoers assail me
    to ^(D)eat up my flesh,
my adversaries and foes,
    it is they who stumble and fall.

^3 (E)Though an army encamp against me,
    my heart shall not fear;
though war arise against me,
    yet^[b] I will be confident.

^4 (F)One thing have I asked of the Lord,
    that will I seek after:
that I may ^(G)dwell in the house of the Lord
    all the days of my life,
to gaze upon ^(H)the beauty of the Lord
    and to inquire^[c] in his temple.

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Times of trouble come to us all.  What is great trouble for one person may be merely an inconvenience for another.  One thing is for sure, we have a God who will go to battle for us.  We have no need to fear our enemies but yet we do fear them.   Why?   If we would merely put our trust in Him there is absolutely nothing we should fear.  That is so very easy to say and even easy to believe until troubles face us.

When we fix our eyes on eternity it doesn’t really matter what this life holds for us because we know that there will be a time that we will no longer have to face the trials of this life.  There will come a time when we can spend eternity with our Father in Heaven.  As we put our lives into an eternal perspective, there is nothing on this earth that we should fear.  Even though our life as we know it is taken from us, no one but THE FATHER has the right or the ability to take our eternal life from us.

As you go about your day today, be it an ordinary day or a day of trials and tribulations, may you remember to seek Him and remember that this life is not our home.

Seeking Him with all my heart,

Sheila