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Walking through Ephesians - Day 42

versebyverse | December 03, 2007 20:09

Thought: To me, our society has many members who are in the midst of a "need to belong somewhere" crisis.

Question: Now that you belong to Jesus, has it erased your lonliness?

Scripture: Ephesians 2:19 (NIV): "Consequently, you are no longer foreigners and aliens, but fellow citizens with God's people and members of God's household,"

Jew and Gentile combine, "in Christ," into a family. The atmosphere is one of belonging, of sharing the family name and inheritance (whatever the family head owns). Formerly they had experienced strangeness and alienation, but now they are blessed with the opposite. God has made the change, not they. Nothing is worse than a sense of not belonging somewhere. "Where is my home?" some might cry. Christ is "a friend that sticks closer than a brother" (Proverbs 18:24b), and if you have no one else, all you'll ever really need is to know Jesus. He'll be yours, and you'll be His, forever!

Prayer: Father, I'm so glad I'm a part of Your family. What a great privilege! Bathe me every day, Lord, in a new sense of belonging to You. Amen.