November 25 – Being at Home - Always

“Lord, You have been our dwelling place in all generations.” Psalm 90:1 (NASB)

And this day many are traveling home after their visit with families or other travels on the busiest travel day in some countries. Going home is often a wonderful trip no matter what the reason. This is a very short verse today from a Psalm written by Moses. He was writing about his own experience and the experience of other people of faith who lived before him. We believe his words can describe our experience today as well. We like the picture of the Lord as being our dwelling place. It is like saying that the Lord is our home. Isn't it true that when we trust in Him we do feel at home? Our Lord does want us to feel at home with Him. It is so comfortable to be able to trust Him and to sense His fellowship. So let's always remember to come home to the Lord because that is where we belong. He is and He always will be throughout all generations for those who believe and accept Jesus. That is something we can be very thankful for today...tomorrow...forever.

 

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May 13 – Supporting From Underneath

“The eternal God is a dwelling place, And underneath are the everlasting arms; And He drove out the enemy from before you, And said, ‘Destroy!’” Deuteronomy 33:27 (NASB)

Moses was 120 years old and he had served God in leading the nation of Israel, God’s chosen people since he was 80.  For 40 years he was an Egyptian living in Pharaoh’s house. For the next 40 years he tended his father-in-law’s sheep. God called him to lead the Israelites out of Egypt to the Promised Land.   These recorded words were delivered by Moses to Israel just prior to Moses' death. He pronounced these words of blessings on the people. We too are children of God and can trust the words of promise as Moses reminds the people that God is eternal and he provides for His children a dwelling place, a refuge, from the world which threatens us. Underneath us are the everlasting arms which refer to the way God takes care of His own. We can know for certain that He is supporting us because He has promised. God will keep us from falling. God will keep us from falling into discouragement or fear. We can believe and relax. We don’t have to worry or be anxious and we don't need to look elsewhere for help. He is there and He'll care for us completely.  

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November 23 – Being at Home - Always

“Lord, You have been our dwelling place in all generations.” Psalm 90:1 (NASB) 

The promise from God that we have to consider today is in a very short verse a Psalm written by Moses. He was writing from his own experience and the experience of other people of faith who lived before him. The word “dwelling” is like a “hiding place” or “refuge.” God promised to be their sanctuary for protection, substance, and stability. We believe his words also are for us and can describe our experience today as well. The next verse is also expressive of God’s promises. “Before the mountains were born Or You gave birth to the earth and the world, Even from everlasting to everlasting, You are God.” It’s like saying that the Lord is our home. It’s true that when we trust in Him we do feel at home. Our Lord desires for us to feel at home with Him. It’s so comfortable to be able to trust Him and to sense His fellowship. Let's always remember to come home to the Lord because we belong there. He is and He always will be throughout all generations for those who believe and accept Jesus. That is something we can be very thankful for today, tomorrow, and forever.

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October 19 – Ever Before to Ever More

“Lord, thou hast been our dwelling place in all generations. Before the mountains were brought forth, or ever you had formed the earth and the world, from everlasting to everlasting you are God.” Psalm 90:1-2 (ESV)

Our promise today is one that is beyond our ability to fully understand on this side of heaven. This is a prayer of Moses. This is a tremendous promise to meditate on. From eternity past, which has no beginning, God has been the dwelling place of all who believe. This was true before God formed the earth in creation. It is difficult for us to comprehend how our position in God began before He created the world. But it is true as God is from everlasting (eternity past) to everlasting (eternity future). We may find it strange to speak of ‘past’ and ‘future’ in respect to eternity for it is a concept that has no beginning and no end and just is. Time and the marking of time is a part of the creation of God and began when the World was created. God gave us this because as yet our understanding is incapable of really processing the truth that God has always been without beginning and will always be without end. But we can rejoice that we will be with him just as in His planning we have been with him from before the foundation of the world. 

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August 22 – His Story That Doesn’t End

And I heard a loud voice from the throne saying, “Behold, the dwelling place of God is with man. He will dwell with them, and they will be his people, and God himself will be with them as their God.   Revelation 21:3 (ESV)

With the chaos in the world today, conflict, pestilence, threats and the challenges to the truth in God’s Word, who can understand what God is doing? There is fighting, pollution,  burning, looting, and discrimination, except the killing which is indiscriminate.  We are suffering from the reemergence of small localized clans and would-be dynasties. It makes us wonder, doesn’t it?  Many, especially those who believe in Jesus Christ search for a way to return to a semblance of peace and safety.  When will it come?  We can rest assured tha God tells us it is coming – A Great Day will happen sometime.  On that great Day, all of history will be consummated in Jesus. He will be revealed and His position will be “far above all rule and authority power and dominion…not only in this age but also in the one to come."  (Ephesians 1:21 NASB).  He, the Author of all life, will close the book on this age and open the book on eternity and He will read to us from His unending story.  Yes friends, there is a Great Day promised so it will be because He promised us. 

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August 21 – Infinitely Strong and Mighty

“There is none like God, O Jeshurun, who rides through the heavens to your help, through the skies in his majesty. The eternal God is your dwelling place, and underneath are the everlasting arms."  - Deuteronomy 33:26-27a (ESV)

‘Jeshurun’ a term used in this verse is a poetic name for Israel, both as a people and a place. Jeshurun is used only in poetry to refer to the complacent people of Israel  It is Moses speaking to the people for his last time. He is blessing each of the tribes of Israel. This was part of the blessing to the tribe of Asher. We still worship and serve the same God and this promise is ours today. Our promise that the eternal God is our refuge and his everlasting arms are what keep us up when difficulties in life come our way and ear of our enemies overwhelm us. It is a great comfort to know God loves us so much. Charles F. Stanley describes it this way. “Can we have a better friend than one who is infinitely strong and mighty, yet at the same time loving and gentle? Our God tenderly loves us and protects us, yet has defeated all our spiritual enemies, including the devil.” Let us go forth today encouraged that we are able to face our world because underneath us are God's everlasting arms.

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August 16 – Living and Walking

“What agreement has the temple of God with idols? For we are the temple of the living God; as God said, “I will make my dwelling among them and walk among them, and I will be their God, and they shall be my people. … And I will be a father to you, and you shall be sons and daughters to me, says the Lord Almighty.” 2 Corinthians 6:16,18 (ESV)

There are times when the concerns of the day press on us and we feel lost or left alone. Let us never forget that our great God of the universe has promised to be our Father and to make us His sons and daughters.  God has a great desire to be with His creation. This promise has been given more than once in the Old Testament including today's verse. We have the record of how God began with Adam and Eve. We remember God kept in close touch with them in the Garden of Eden. The Bible reminds us how greatly God desires to be a part of our lives and our experience.  Verst 17, which Is between our verses today God commands us to be separate from those who follow idolatry by clinging to the attractions of this sinful world.  He wants to live with us day by day and He wants us to open up to Him and to trust his promises. Yes, God Almighty, the Lord of the universe looks for us and instructs us to avoid association with the devil.  God seeks to share himself with us.

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April 23 – Sure and Secure Support

“The eternal God is your dwelling place, and underneath are the everlasting arms.”  Deuteronomy 33:27a (ESV)

The words* of our verse are true for us as well and we can apply them to our lives today because we have the same God and we know He has not changed.  Our God is eternal. He has always been and He will always be.  Our verse today reminds us that those who trust in Him will find a sense of real security in doing so.  Our verse also assures us that we can relax and depend on our Lord as a child relaxes in the arms of a loving parent.  We can know that our Lord is always there holding us up. Let's just keep trusting in Him and relaxing in His care.  Even though ahead may be times of challenge and difficult circumstances, God our Lord and Savior is always there wherever we are and He is always supporting us from underneath as we allow Him to do so. Trust Him by relaxing in His everlasting arms today and He will keep us from falling.

* These are words given by Moses to the tribe of Asher when he spoke his last words of blessing and prophecy to each of the tribes of Israel before he climbed to the top of Mount Nebo in Moab.  It was from that summit God showed Moses the Promised Land that he would never enter and it is there He died and God buried Moses in the valley of Moab. 

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November 24 – At Home Here and There

“Lord, you have been our dwelling place throughout all generations.”  Psalm 90:1 (NIV)

Moses, who is the author of this song was thinking of the experience of God's true followers who had lived before him, and also of his own experience. Now those many centuries later we can still express our feelings to God in this way too.  So what do we mean if we say that God is our dwelling place?  It, of course, is another way of saying that by faith we rest upon God's promises to us and we continually rely on His love and His faithfulness.  To  dwell means to remain.  A dwelling place is a place that we consider our home.  We use the term “to feel at home” when in such a place.  It is our wonderful privilege we have as God's people to feel at home wherever we are as we rely upon God love and His care for us and trust His promises to us.  His promises are the fuel that helps us continue each day walking with Him.  

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May 14 – Supporting From Underneath

“The eternal God is a dwelling place, And underneath are the everlasting arms; And He drove out the enemy from before you, And said, ‘Destroy!’” Deuteronomy 33:27 (NASB)

These recorded words were delivered by Moses to the Children of Israel just prior to Moses' death. He pronounced these words of blessings on the people whom he had been leading toward the Promised Land. We too are children of God and can trust the words of promise as Moses declares and reminds the people that God is eternal and he provides for His children a dwelling place, a refuge, from the world which threatens us. Underneath us are the everlasting arms which refer to the way God takes care of His own. With God's arms underneath us we can know for certain that He is supporting us because He has promised. God will keep us from falling into the dangerous situations that we are afraid of. God will keep us from falling into discouragement. We can believe and relax. We do not have to worry or be anxious and we don't need to look anywhere else for help. He is there and He'll care for us completely.  

November 23 – Being at Home - Always

“Lord, you have been our dwelling place throughout all generations.” Psalm 90:1 (NIV) 

This is a very short verse today from a Psalm written by Moses. He was writing about his own experience and the experience of other people of faith who lived before him. We believe his words can describe our experience today as well. We like the picture of the Lord as being our dwelling place. It is like saying that the Lord is our home. Isn't it true that when we trust in Him we do feel at home? Our Lord does want us to feel at home with Him. It is so comfortable to be able to trust Him and to sense His fellowship. So let's always remember to come home to the Lord because that is where we belong. He is and He always will be throughout all generations for those who believe and accept Jesus. That is something we can be very thankful for today...tomorrow...forever.

April 9

“Lord, you have been our dwelling place throughout all generations.” Psalm 90:1 (NIV)

The 90th Psalm is a prayer by Moses which has been used as a song. We know that Moses lived in many different places during his long life. He lived in the palace when he was adopted by the princess in Egypt. He lived in temporary quarters while out caring for the sheep until God called him at the burning bush. And he spent years living in tents out in the wilderness. But Moses said that God was his dwelling place, and of course He was talking about living by faith. Whatever his earthly situation he could find rest in his God. Are you resting in the Lord today? If you are depending on Him, He is your dwelling place.