October
Sabbath, October 24th - My people will abide in a peaceful habitation, in secure dwellings, and in quiet resting places. Isaiah 32:18 - Peaceful, Secure, Quiet
Sabbath, October 31st - The words of the wise are like goads, and like nails firmly fixed are the collected sayings; they are given by one Shepherd. Ecclesiastes 12:11
Sabbath, October 24th
Peaceful, Secure, Quiet
My people will abide in a peaceful habitation, in secure dwellings, and in quiet resting places. Isaiah 32:18
Materials needed: lots of different containers, pouches, packaging
Just a quick survey of your house reveals your possessions and how you keep them. On my desk is a box of kleenexes, a bottle of eye glass cleaner, a zippered pouch with a car phone charger, a glass container for pens and pencils, a tape dispenser, a stapler, a box of note papers, a CD etc. Once I’ve used all the kleenexes, the box is thrown away. Once the tape is used up, the dispenser no longer has any value. Once the stapler is empty, it is not useful. Once the eye glass cleaner bottle is empty, I throw it away. In each case, it’s what’s inside that is valuable. And because it is valuable, I want to keep it safe.
In a similar way, God is has a place for His people. Isaiah 32:18 says, “My people will abide in a peaceful habitation, in secure dwellings, and in quiet resting places.” Peaceful, secure, and quiet - that sounds very nice. In John 14:2-3, Jesus said, “In my Father’s house are many rooms. If it were not so, would I have told you that I go to prepare a place for you? And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again and will take you to myself, that where I am you may be also.”
Just like I have prepared a place to put my tape, eye glass cleaner, kleenexes, etc. because they are valuable to me - I need them, I use them - Jesus is preparing a place for those who belong to Him because we are valuable to Him.
It’s also interesting to look at the places where my things are. It wouldn’t work to try to keep the tape in the eye glass cleaner bottle. It wouldn’t work to keep the eye glass solution in the CD case. It wouldn’t work to put the phone charger in my stapler. Each place has been specifically designed for the item it holds and protects. In a similar way, God is preparing a place for each of us in His kingdom, a place especially suited for our talents and abilities, a place that has my name on it or your name on it.
And Isaiah tells us that it will be peaceful and secure and quiet. That sounds heavenly right about now. 😉
Sabbath, October 24th - My people will abide in a peaceful habitation, in secure dwellings, and in quiet resting places. Isaiah 32:18 - Peaceful, Secure, Quiet
Sabbath, October 31st - The words of the wise are like goads, and like nails firmly fixed are the collected sayings; they are given by one Shepherd. Ecclesiastes 12:11
Sabbath, October 24th
Peaceful, Secure, Quiet
My people will abide in a peaceful habitation, in secure dwellings, and in quiet resting places. Isaiah 32:18
Materials needed: lots of different containers, pouches, packaging
Just a quick survey of your house reveals your possessions and how you keep them. On my desk is a box of kleenexes, a bottle of eye glass cleaner, a zippered pouch with a car phone charger, a glass container for pens and pencils, a tape dispenser, a stapler, a box of note papers, a CD etc. Once I’ve used all the kleenexes, the box is thrown away. Once the tape is used up, the dispenser no longer has any value. Once the stapler is empty, it is not useful. Once the eye glass cleaner bottle is empty, I throw it away. In each case, it’s what’s inside that is valuable. And because it is valuable, I want to keep it safe.
In a similar way, God is has a place for His people. Isaiah 32:18 says, “My people will abide in a peaceful habitation, in secure dwellings, and in quiet resting places.” Peaceful, secure, and quiet - that sounds very nice. In John 14:2-3, Jesus said, “In my Father’s house are many rooms. If it were not so, would I have told you that I go to prepare a place for you? And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again and will take you to myself, that where I am you may be also.”
Just like I have prepared a place to put my tape, eye glass cleaner, kleenexes, etc. because they are valuable to me - I need them, I use them - Jesus is preparing a place for those who belong to Him because we are valuable to Him.
It’s also interesting to look at the places where my things are. It wouldn’t work to try to keep the tape in the eye glass cleaner bottle. It wouldn’t work to keep the eye glass solution in the CD case. It wouldn’t work to put the phone charger in my stapler. Each place has been specifically designed for the item it holds and protects. In a similar way, God is preparing a place for each of us in His kingdom, a place especially suited for our talents and abilities, a place that has my name on it or your name on it.
And Isaiah tells us that it will be peaceful and secure and quiet. That sounds heavenly right about now. 😉
