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Housing For The Homeless

Friday December 17, 2021
 

 Some of us have had the experience of being homeless while we lived in our dysfunctional lifestyle.  The emptiness of heart and the loneliness we felt took us to the lowest hell.  What evil took us down the road to that place?  Whose power will restore us to sanity and give us a place that we can call home forever?

 I’m asking the Lord for only one thing.  Here is what I want.  I want to live in the house of the Lord all the days of my life.  I want to look at the beauty of the Lord.  I want to worship him in his temple. (Psalm 27:4 NIRV)

When we called out to God, who we somehow understood was able to help us, we knew we were powerless to do anything for ourselves.  Perhaps we obtained shelter in an overnight facility or were able to get into a recovery house.  Perhaps we ended up in a correctional facility.  Wherever it was, it was a starting place to get to know Jesus who also knows what it is like to have no place to lay His head.

 And Jesus said to him, “Foxes have holes and birds of the air have nests, but the Son of Man has nowhere to lay His head.”  (Luke 9:58 NKJV) 


Jesus came to earth and was born in a shelter for animals because there was no room for Him in the inn.  Jesus never owned any property.  He was stripped of the clothes He was wearing before He died on a cross for our sins.  He was buried in a borrowed tomb.  He was raised to life again and returned to the glory of heaven.  He is now preparing eternal housing for all who believe in His name.  In the meantime, while we live on this earth, He will make His home with us and be with us wherever we may be.



Jesus replied, “Anyone who loves me will obey my teaching. My Father will love them. We will come to them and make our home with them. There are many rooms in my Father's house, and I am going to prepare a place for you.” (John 14:23 NIRV, John 14:2a GNT,)

 

Prayer:  Lord Jesus, In this world I may have problems securing the housing I need but I have hope because God has promised, from His abundant riches, to supply all my needs.  I am thankful that, wherever my home is here on earth You are always with me. Amen

 

 

 

 

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