Daring to be Strangers in Our Own Land

Psalm 119:19

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

God's commandments have been given to us.  They are not new and there is no revised edition.  The Lord's commandments have been the same for thousands of years and will be the same as long as time exists.  They are pure enlightenment, so needful for our journey in time on this earth.

Along with His commandments, Our Heavenly Father also has given us His inerrant Holy Word to confirm His guidelines for our lives.   There is nothing hidden from us except what we manage to hide from ourselves.  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.

Let us follow the commandments and the inerrant Word provided to us by Almighty God.  Let us guard against being drawn into the thinking of those who wish to deviate from God's plan.  Let us live in Christ and not in this world.

Prayer

Heavenly Father, we thank You for providing the way, the truth and the life that is revealed to us in Your Holy Word.  We bless the name of Jesus who is the Word made flesh.  Father, we pray that the Holy Spirit may direct us to repent of the things in our lives that are not pleasing to You.  We ask for the strength to turn away from these displeasing things and the grace to turn toward all that is pleasing to You.  We beseech You that all of our faith will be in Jesus Christ and not in the world.  As we surrender to Your will, equip us, Lord, to reveal Your kingdom to those around us.  We ask all these things in the name of the One who is with us until the end of the age, Jesus Christ.