AS A NATION WE HAVE NEVER BEEN MORE OPEN and available to one another, shown by the number of MySpace profiles, (now standing at 145 million) and yet, almost 25% of our nation state that they have no one close enough to confide in.
We have never had so many time saving devices and yet we find ourselves under an ever-increasing time crunch. We have more “stuff” (Houses, cars, toys, gadgets) but are no closer to a sense of contentment. Church attendance is dwindling across the board, and yet people show an almost insatiable desire for the spiritual. I suppose on one hand, we could say we’re living at the extremes, and have little comfort of a place to call home.
The Apostle Paul found that place to call “home” and it was in the person of Jesus Christ. The Apostle stated that he had learned how to be content in every circumstance, and this powerful contentment came because his very strength for living came in and through Jesus Christ. (Philippians 4:11-13) Later, in the letter to the Hebrews, it is written that we are to be content in what we have and that contentment comes not from some drummed up sense of self-transcendence, but through the knowledge that God has said, “’I will never leave you or forsake you.’ So we can say with confidence, ‘The Lord is my helper; I will not be afraid. What can man do to me?’” (Hebrews 13:5-6)
Maybe it’s time to come in out of the extremes and find a place to call home. It is a place where you can find acceptance for who you are. It is a place where you can find rest. It is a place where you can develop a heart of contentment. It is a place where your spirit is nourished. It is a place where you are loved. It’s time to come home to Jesus.
The door is open.