Strangers in Our Own Land

Psalm 119:19

I am a stranger on earth; do not hide your commands from me.

God has given us His commandments and He has given us His inerrant Holy Word to confirm His guidelines for our lives.   Yet we have allowed our fellow man to take the laws of Almighty God and hide them from us by replacing them with the laws of fallible men. 

The laws of fallible men invariably turn toward tolerance of things that are not pleasing to God and these same laws are used to pressure one another into accepting wrongful behavior as truth.  We must guard against becoming citizens of this earth and foreigners in God's kingdom.  In this day and time, we must dare to be strangers in our own land.

Prayer

Heavenly Father, we thank You for providing the way, the truth and the life that is revealed to us in Your Holy Word.  Father, we repent of the things in our lives that are not pleasing to You.  We ask for the strength to turn away from these things and the grace to turn toward all that is pleasing to You.  Equip us, Lord, to reveal Your kingdom to those around us.