"At Home in Christ!"

“The disciple who abides (is at home) in Jesus is in the will of God, and what appears to be his free choices are actually God’s foreordained decrees…” Oswald Chambers

We are then to allow Jesus that place of being totally at home in us, in our lives, so that He will be comfortable changing things around, rearranging our rooms…throwing out things that aren’t needed any longer. It might be old habits, wrong thinking: those attitudes and defenses that we no longer need, or do us any good. He wants to be “King of our Castle” and when we let Him, we find that place of Home ~ that Place of Rest and Safety. We find we are more comfortable in our lives, in our own skins, our place in this world and with other people. Not trying to fix them, but accepting them where and for what they are, as God’s children too. He will take care of them. We are to be quite busy with our own rooms and what God has in store for us on this simple, childlike adventure; so we needn’t be worrying about cleaning out other peoples’ houses…

To live within His will and plan for our lives frees us from all sorts of things. We can take steps daily toward our future knowing He’s got it all mapped out. We needn’t worry. If we turn our concerns for others into prayers for them, it accomplishes things for the Kingdom far better than worrying will do. To do this we need to trust God with every aspect of our lives and with the confidence of a little child who is totally focused; and accepting that her Father would never do anything to hurt or disappoint. He loves us and wants only the best for our lives in order to grow and strengthen us to be useful in our time here.

Fiona Monaghan