BBD 03.15.13 Not Our Home

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03.15.13

Not Our Home

For we know that if our earthly house, this tent, is destroyed, we
have a building from God, a house not made with hands, eternal in the
heavens. For in this we groan, earnestly desiring to be clothed with
our habitation which is from heaven. - 2 Corinthians 5:1-2.

For our citizenship is in heaven, from which we also eagerly wait for
the Savior, the Lord Jesus Christ, who will transform our lowly body
that it may be conformed to His glorious body, according to the
working by which He is able even to subdue all things to Himself. -
Philippians 3:20-21.

But you are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, a holy nation,
His own special people, that you may proclaim the praises of Him who
called you out of darkness into His marvelous light; who once were not
a people but are now the people of God, who had not obtained mercy but
now have obtained mercy. Beloved, I beg you as sojourners and pilgrims
(aliens and strangers and exiles - Amplified Bible), abstain from
fleshly lusts which war against the soul, having your conduct
honorable among the Gentiles, that when they speak against you as
evildoers, they may, by your good works which they observe, glorify
God in the day of visitation. - 1 Peter 2:9-12 NKJV.

On my new route to civilization (McDonalds, Wal-Mart, lumber yard,
etc.) these days, I frequently pass by an acreage where a llama is
peering over a fence. Invariably, the llama is always next to the
fence looking toward the south. I’ve come to believe that the llama
knows that this is not his natural home. Somehow he knows that he was
meant for more than a few acres of grass surrounded by a fence in
Oklahoma. No, this llama knows that his true home is far to the south.
He knows it is down there somewhere. Far to the south on another
continent there are herds of llama that roam the mountains of Peru and
Ecuador. This llama has never seen that far away land, but he knows
that he was made for more than the life he is living now.

As Christians, we often feel somewhat out of place in the worldly
world in which we live. We hunger for more than what this world has to
offer. We feel out of place because when we are “born again” our
citizenship is transferred from this world to Heaven. Similar to the
llama, we have not seen that far away place, but we know it is there.
We somehow know that in Heaven, life would be so much better than it
is here on earth below.

The Christian singing group Thousand Foot Krutch has a song called “Be
Somebody.” A couple of lines from the song are:

We all want to Be Somebody
We just need a taste of who we are

We push and strive upon this earth to “Be Somebody” when the truth is
that if we know Jesus as our Savior, we already are “Somebody.” If we
know Jesus as our Savior, we are part of a “chosen generation.” If we
know Jesus as our Savior, we are part of a “royal priesthood.” If we
know Jesus as our Savior, we are part of a “holy nation.” If we know
Jesus as our Savior, we are part of Jesus’ “own special people.” If we
know Jesus as our Savior, we have eternal life because the King of
kings and the Lord of lords died for us. The Creator of the Universe
knows your name and loves you! You are “Somebody!”

Some bright shining day you will arrive in your eternal home. Until
that day, be assured that you are somebody who has been temporarily
placed upon this earth to represent the eternal Kingdom of God. The
full authority of Heaven above has been placed in your hands. God
Himself, through the Holy Spirit resides within your body. Rise up and
be somebody! Be a child of God! Be an Ambassador for Christ! “…abstain
from fleshly lusts which war against the soul, having your conduct
honorable among the Gentiles, that when they speak against you as
evildoers, they may, by your good works which they observe, glorify
God in the day of visitation.”

Copyright © 2013. Ed Wrather. The Burning Bush website has been online
since January 31, 1998. On June 8, 1998 the email version of the
Burning Bush Devotional was first sent. Ed Wrather began writing
devotionals in the early 1990s. The distribution of these first
devotionals was primarily through the Burning Bush Newsletter sent to
prison facilities throughout the United States and Canada.

Ed Wrather has retired from pastoring full-time and hopefully will
have more time now to write the devotional and to pursue other
ministry opportunities. If you would like to hear his testimony in
your church or at your event please fill free to make contact. Ed is
also interested in preaching revivals if there is an opportunity to do
so. You can make contact at edwrather@yahoo.com or WratherEd@gmail.com

Prayer Requests: Please pray for my nephew, Ron Wagner, who will be
having brain surgery on March 20th. Please continue to pray for my
wife, Jeanie. Many prayer needs are posted at the Burning Bush website
on the Prayer Request page. You can also post your prayer requests
there (Of course, I am always in need of prayer - please pray for
me.).

If you enjoy the devotional please recommend it to your friends. They
may subscribe by sending a blank email to
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countries. Celebrating 15 years online since January 31, 1998. Since
June 8, 1998 the Burning Bush Devotional has been spreading the truth
of God's Word to more than 16,000 subscribers across the world.

You can now leave comments/feedback about the devotionals at
http://www.theburningbush.net.

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There are 16,000 Subscribers to the Email Devotional

03.15.13

Not Our Home

For we know that if our earthly house, this tent, is destroyed, we
have a building from God, a house not made with hands, eternal in the
heavens. For in this we groan, earnestly desiring to be clothed with
our habitation which is from heaven. - 2 Corinthians 5:1-2.

For our citizenship is in heaven, from which we also eagerly wait for
the Savior, the Lord Jesus Christ, who will transform our lowly body
that it may be conformed to His glorious body, according to the
working by which He is able even to subdue all things to Himself. -
Philippians 3:20-21.

But you are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, a holy nation,
His own special people, that you may proclaim the praises of Him who
called you out of darkness into His marvelous light; who once were not
a people but are now the people of God, who had not obtained mercy but
now have obtained mercy. Beloved, I beg you as sojourners and pilgrims
(aliens and strangers and exiles - Amplified Bible), abstain from
fleshly lusts which war against the soul, having your conduct
honorable among the Gentiles, that when they speak against you as
evildoers, they may, by your good works which they observe, glorify
God in the day of visitation. - 1 Peter 2:9-12 NKJV.

On my new route to civilization (McDonalds, Wal-Mart, lumber yard,
etc.) these days, I frequently pass by an acreage where a llama is
peering over a fence. Invariably, the llama is always next to the
fence looking toward the south. I’ve come to believe that the llama
knows that this is not his natural home. Somehow he knows that he was
meant for more than a few acres of grass surrounded by a fence in
Oklahoma. No, this llama knows that his true home is far to the south.
He knows it is down there somewhere. Far to the south on another
continent there are herds of llama that roam the mountains of Peru and
Ecuador. This llama has never seen that far away land, but he knows
that he was made for more than the life he is living now.

As Christians, we often feel somewhat out of place in the worldly
world in which we live. We hunger for more than what this world has to
offer. We feel out of place because when we are “born again” our
citizenship is transferred from this world to Heaven. Similar to the
llama, we have not seen that far away place, but we know it is there.
We somehow know that in Heaven, life would be so much better than it
is here on earth below.

The Christian singing group Thousand Foot Krutch has a song called “Be
Somebody.” A couple of lines from the song are:

We all want to Be Somebody
We just need a taste of who we are

We push and strive upon this earth to “Be Somebody” when the truth is
that if we know Jesus as our Savior, we already are “Somebody.” If we
know Jesus as our Savior, we are part of a “chosen generation.” If we
know Jesus as our Savior, we are part of a “royal priesthood.” If we
know Jesus as our Savior, we are part of a “holy nation.” If we know
Jesus as our Savior, we are part of Jesus’ “own special people.” If we
know Jesus as our Savior, we have eternal life because the King of
kings and the Lord of lords died for us. The Creator of the Universe
knows your name and loves you! You are “Somebody!”

Some bright shining day you will arrive in your eternal home. Until
that day, be assured that you are somebody who has been temporarily
placed upon this earth to represent the eternal Kingdom of God. The
full authority of Heaven above has been placed in your hands. God
Himself, through the Holy Spirit resides within your body. Rise up and
be somebody! Be a child of God! Be an Ambassador for Christ! “…abstain
from fleshly lusts which war against the soul, having your conduct
honorable among the Gentiles, that when they speak against you as
evildoers, they may, by your good works which they observe, glorify
God in the day of visitation.”

Copyright © 2013. Ed Wrather. The Burning Bush website has been online
since January 31, 1998. On June 8, 1998 the email version of the
Burning Bush Devotional was first sent. Ed Wrather began writing
devotionals in the early 1990s. The distribution of these first
devotionals was primarily through the Burning Bush Newsletter sent to
prison facilities throughout the United States and Canada.

Ed Wrather has retired from pastoring full-time and hopefully will
have more time now to write the devotional and to pursue other
ministry opportunities. If you would like to hear his testimony in
your church or at your event please fill free to make contact. Ed is
also interested in preaching revivals if there is an opportunity to do
so. You can make contact at edwrather@yahoo.com or WratherEd@gmail.com

Prayer Requests: Please pray for my nephew, Ron Wagner, who will be
having brain surgery on March 20th. Please continue to pray for my
wife, Jeanie. Many prayer needs are posted at the Burning Bush website
on the Prayer Request page. You can also post your prayer requests
there (Of course, I am always in need of prayer - please pray for
me.).

If you enjoy the devotional please recommend it to your friends. They
may subscribe by sending a blank email to
burningbushdevo-join@welovegod.org

There is a complete devotional archive at the old Burning Bush
website. Here is the URL: http://www.theburningbush.org/33.html.

You can unsubscribe to the pure text version of the devotional by
sending a blank email to burningbushdevo-leave@welovegod.org and then
respond to the confirmation email.

You may subscribe to the html text group by sending a blank email to
burningbushhtml-join@welovegod.org and you may unsubscribe by sending
a blank email to burningbushhtml-leave@welovegod.org and then respond
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