Are you a pilgrim?

Pilgrims.

Strangers.

We are born upon this earth and we call this earth our home. Yet it isn't home to those who do not want to belong to its ruler. The ruler being- Satan.

We are quick to believe the earth belongs to God alone, but the truth is, Satan took possession of the earth from the human beings created to inhabit it, in the garden of Eden when they abdicated their ownership by choosing to disobey God.

Do you remember reading the history of our beginnings? We were created in a most gorgeous garden, brought to life in the presence of our Creators, all in love.  We were told we were caretakers of everything we saw and we could eat freely of all we saw, save fruit from ONE tree.  This tree, this testing tree, this singular condition upon our existence.  When we chose to disobey and eat the fruit of that tree we made the decision to change allegiance from our Creators to the created fallen one who tempted us to disobey. Satan lied to seduce us from our guardianship, our caretaking of the garden of our creation.  Satan knew that there would be grave changes one he caused the created human beings to disobey God as he himself had disobeyed God. 

The earth changed, human beings changed- losing their one-ship with their Creators. No longer under the protection of the Creators  human beings were taken out of the garden, forbidden from the garden and the tree of life.  Thrust from the only place they knew they were pilgrims, and strangers upon the earth.  They would remain… we would remain strangers and pilgrims until the earth is made new.

Right now we are strangers and pilgrims IF we are looking for a new land, a new home with our Creators, our Redeemer.

If we are NOT looking for a new land, a new home then we are not strangers and we are not pilgrims upon this earth and we really need to be.

Heb_11:13  These all died in faith, not having received the promises, but having seen them afar off, and were persuaded of them, and embraced them, and confessed that they were strangers and pilgrims on the earth.

1Pe_2:11  Dearly beloved, I beseech you as strangers and pilgrims, abstain from fleshly lusts, which war against the soul

Do we understand this?   Do we have the comprehension we need? 

Are you a stranger?

 Are you a pilgrim?

By the grace of God, by the forgiveness of our Savior may we comprehend and in comprehending CHOOSE to abstain from EVERYTHING that keeps us from following our God and His will.

Please Father, please. Daily we are shown our weakness, hourly we are exposed to our unrighteousness. Please BE our righteousness for us, be our strength we can but submit to YOU in all things. Help us to be all You would have us be.

All by YOUR LOVE!

Amen.