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"One thing I have desired of the LORD, that I will seek: That I may dwell in the home of the LORD all the days of my life, to behold the beauty of the LORD, and to inquire in His temple." Psalm 27: 4

"Home is where the heart is." "Home is the place where, when you have to go there, they have to take you in." "Home is not where you live, but where they understand you." "I long, as does every human being, to be at home wherever I find myself." "Home is the place where it feels right to walk around without shoes." "Home is a place you grow up wanting to leave, but grow old wanting to get back to." "Home is an invention on which no one has yet improved."

What is home for you?

Home at it's best is an idyllic safe haven. And it's more than just a place - it's a place where loving community happens that you can join in on. In other words, home is defined not so much by the bricks and mortar and property on which it sits, rather by the relationships that happen therein.

Many of us, have at times, been privileged to live in homes such as these - though in reality, even those homes had their rough spots, and were anything but perfect. In fact, a good many of us grew up in poor homes. Homes that did not always feel safe; where loving relationships didn't really create an atmosphere of home. Many of us merely grew up in houses. It could be that many of us are merely residing in houses right now, and long for the warm sense of home that seems out there somewhere.

Everyone longs to be in a home like this, because we were made to dwell in a home like this.

God made us in order for us to dwell with Him in His home. The Psalmist identifies this inner human craving, by putting voice to our inner thoughts - I desire and seek to dwell in the home of the LORD all the days of my life. We sell our selves short whenever we choose to hang our hats anywhere else. Dwelling any place other than the home of the LORD is a huge step down, whether we realize it or not. That's why the Psalmist declares later on "For a day in your courts is better than a thousand elsewhere. I would rather be a doorkeeper in the home of my God, than dwell in the tents of wickedness." (Psalm 84:10)

The LORD offers an idyllic safe haven for all to dwell in - a home where we can rest in the presence of a relational loving God. Of course the best part is the view...gazing upon the beauty of the LORD.

Why settle for any other house, when you can dwell in the perfect home with the perfect family all the days of your life.

Be God's, Scott