A Home For The Lonely
“Let not your heart be troubled: ye believe in God, believe also in me. In my Father's house are many mansions: if it were not so, I would have told you. I go to prepare a place for you. And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again, and receive you unto myself; that where I am, there ye may be also. And whither I go ye know, and the way ye know...I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me.” (Jesus in John 14:1-6)
There is a longing for home in every human heart. Not a house, not a town; but a place of rest and security that is unchanging and eternal. Until we find this home, we are lonely. But Psalm 68:6 fills us with hope as it declares, “God makes a home for the lonely.” When Jesus Christ is our Savior, we have the assurance of eternal life with Him in Heaven when we die. That’s why we sing, “This world is not my home, I’m just a-passing through. My treasures are laid up somewhere beyond the blue.”
2 Corinthians 5:1-2 testifies of this hope. “Now we know that if the earthly tent we live in is destroyed, we have a building from God, an eternal house in heaven, not built by human hands. Meanwhile we groan, longing to be clothed with our heavenly dwelling.”
Our earthly tents are our bodies, and within us there is a longing to go to that home. But none of us know when we will go home to be with the Lord. That is why we must draw nearer to the Lord as live on this earth. This is our time of being prepared for eternity with Him. Even though we are “wayfaring strangers, traveling through this world below,” we can still have a foretaste of the peace and comfort of our true home. Whatever we encounter upon the paths we travel, we know that “the Name of the Lord is our strong tower; the righteous run into it and they are safe” (Proverbs 18:10). As we remember the words of Christ in John 15, “abide in Me” takes on a deeper meaning. Jesus Christ is what makes our immortal home a heavenly place. Even though we’re in these mortal bodies, we can live in the refuge of home. “Abide in Christ”...Make your dwelling place Christ!
Fellowship with Him will drive away our loneliness. Jesus’ invitation is there for us today. “Behold, I stand at the door and knock: if anyone hears my voice, and opens the door, I will come in to him, and will dine with him, and he with Me.” (Revelation 3:20)
There will be times when we cry out, “I am weary, let me rest,” but we don’t have to wait until we cross over to “the far side banks of Jordan” to be in the “fair haven of rest for the weary.” Jesus Christ can turn these earthly houses of ours into homes. I know that Psalm 68:6 is true; for I can say that He hath made a home for this lonely soul!
-Eryn Eubanks (January 3, 2008)