Day 264

1 Chronicles 9:1b-34; Nehemiah 11:1-12:26. “Imagine”

         Robert Louis Stevenson wrote, “To arrive is better than to travel hopefully.”  I can’t imagine the joy as the exiles arrived and occupied Jerusalem.  They were essentially POW’s in a foreign land for 70 years and now they had returned home.  Can you imagine that kind of delight?  It is more than just delight.  It is security, rest, peace, comfort, relief, etc.
         Can you imagine what it will be like when you go Home?  Or maybe I should ask do you imagine what it will be like.  God wants us to think about Home.  Col. 3:1-2, “Since you have been raised to new life with Christ, set your sights on the realities of heaven, where Christ sits in the place of honor at God’s right hand. Think about the things of heaven, not the things of earth” (Col. 3:1-2).  “And the enemies of the cross of Christ think only about this life here on earth. But we are citizens of heaven, where the Lord Jesus Christ lives.  And we are eagerly waiting for him to return as our Savior” (Phil. 3:19-20).

General Questions for each day:
Summarize the day’s Bible passage in your own words.
What thoughts, actions, attitudes or beliefs are addressed in the passage?
How is the Holy Spirit leading you to apply this passage to your life today?