Heaven Is My Home

704 Today's Prime Time Devo comes from 2Sa 23:15 And David said with longing, "Oh, that someone would give me a drink of the water from the well of Bethlehem, which is by the gate!" David had been longing for a taste of home. He wistfully announced that he would like a drink of water from the well of his hometown of Bethlehem. This well water is meant to be a picture of the living water that came to the world through Jesus Christ who was born in Bethlehem. Every soul, every created being, has a vacuum in it that longs for it's true home. That longing can only be satisfied by Jesus Christ, and the homecoming can only be accomplished when He returns. Ro 8:19-22 says, “For the earnest expectation of the creation eagerly waits for the revealing of the sons of God. (This will happen in all its finality when Jesus returns) 20 For the creation was subjected to futility, not willingly, but because of Him who subjected it in hope; 21 because the creation itself also will be delivered from the bondage of corruption into the glorious liberty of the children of God. 22 For we know that the whole creation groans and labors with birth pangs together until now.” It is as the old hymn goes: I’m but a stranger here, Heaven is my home; Earth is a desert drear, Heaven is my home; Danger and sorrow stand Round me on every hand; Heaven is my fatherland, Heaven is my home. Beloved, have you made your reservation? Underneath the layers of the trappings of this world is a deeper desire in your soul to know and be known by God. A deep desire for a quenching that can only come from the living water of Bethlehem. No need to be wistful about it like David. The living water is yours for the asking. Isa 55:1,2 says, "Ho! Everyone who thirsts, Come to the waters; And you who have no money, Come, buy and eat. Yes, come, buy wine and milk Without money and without price. 2 Why do you spend money for what is not bread, And your wages for what does not satisfy? Listen carefully to Me, and eat what is good, And let your soul delight itself in abundance. No formula, no works, no hoops to jump through, just sincerely ask and your long parched soul will be satisfied as you receive Jesus as Lord and Savior! He is the Living Water of Bethlehem!