"Dearly beloved, I beseech you as strangers and pilgrims, abstain from fleshly lusts, which war against the soul" (1 Peter 2:11)
God saved you out of this world and sent you back into this world to tell the world Jesus saves. He is scattering you as precious seed. You are an ambassador upon foreign soil for the King of kings.
You are not only scattered as precious seed, you are also scattered as a persevering saint. You are a foreigner in a land where you march to a different drummer. You don't settle down in this world. It's not your home; you're only passing through.
You ought to pray, "Lord, if I am building a nest, put a thorn in it." If you dabble and delight in this world, yet your citizenship is in heaven, you're going to have one foot in the world and one in heaven - just enough religion to make you miserable in the world and just enough of the world to make you miserable in your spiritual life.
Do you ever feel like a nomad? Maybe you are in the military, or in sales, or work in the transportation industry. Maybe you have moved often because of financial or relational reasons. God wants you to know that you always have a home with Him wherever you are. Read 1 Peter 1:13-21.
~Adrian Rogers~
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