Is This World Your Home?

The song "This World Is Not My Home" by Jim Reeves has the following lyrics:

(Verse 1) This world is not my home
I'm just a-passing through
My treasures are laid up
Somewhere beyond the blue.

The angels beckon me
From heaven's open door
And I can't feel at home
In this world anymore.

(Verse 2) I have a loving mother
Just up in Gloryland
And I don't expect to stop
Until I shake her hand.

She's waiting now for me
In heaven's open door
And I can't feel at home
In this world anymore.

(Verse 3) Just over in Gloryland
We'll live eternally
The saints on every hand
Are shouting victory.

Their songs of sweetest praise
Drift back from heaven's shore
And I can't feel at home
In this world anymore.

(Chorus) Oh Lord, you know
I have no friend like you
If heaven's not my home
Then Lord what will I do.

The angels beckon me
From heaven's open door
And I can't feel at home
In this world anymore...

“I can’t feel at home in this world anymore.”  All Christians should have a longing for the Promised Land.  Sure, the Promised Land is the land for the Israelites, but just the same, the Promised Land is the eternal home being prepared by God for everyone who believes in Jesus.  Jesus Himself said, “In My Father’s house are many mansions; if it were not so, I would have told you.  I go to prepare a place for you.”  There is a destination, a permanent home for the living.

I like to go camp for brief periods of time, like over a weekend, but if it takes much more than about five days, I start getting ready to get back to the “real” home.  There are lots of amenities that I like, but I like the security of its permanence and familiarity most.  It's where I belong.  Yet, the reality of our existence is all that we see, hear, and touch is temporary.  We “camp” all the days of our lives and are not in our eternal home.  We rest on an assortment of campsites, some are hard and rocky, some leafy and soft, some weather is stormy and other times it’s nice, some sites have beautiful vistas and some are so horrible we never want to remember them.  But all are temporary and a part of our journey to the Promised Land, our eternal home, our heaven of existence with Jesus eternally.

There also comes a point for those who have been married for a time, where "home" is being with their spouse.  Without them, home anywhere just isn't home.  I don't think there is a way to describe this except to live it.  In the same way, we should grow as we live in our temporary camps in this physical life so that our "home" is the fellowship we have every moment with our God, with His Spirit.  It is there and only there that we'll find security and rest.

Do you feel at home in this world?  Or is there a longing for more, for that eternal place where God resides?  Jesus said to “Seek and you shall find”, "Knock and it shall be opened".  Seek Him today and find home.