“He was looking forward to the city with foundations,
whose architect and builder is God.”  Hebrews 11:10

Ever since Adam forfeited his rights in the Garden of Eden, humankind has been afflicted with a sense of lostness.  We stand as orphans in the midst of a bewildering universe, desperately trying to gain our equilibrium.  In the Moffatt translation we find these words used of those who admit they are aliens and strangers on earth:  “”they are in search of a fatherland” (Hebrews 11:14).  What a lovely description of the kingdom —fatherland.  It conjures up a picture of homeliness, of belonging. 

Philosophers down the ages, when discussing the real meaning of life, have claimed that in order to understand the mysteries of life on this planet we must have a world-view of things, a cosmic framework which gives validity to all we think and do.  The breakdown of this sense of world order is the cause of our inner lack of security, and is best defined by what someone has called “the homesickness of the soul”.  What we do seems to have little relation to the whole.  This makes life empty and insecure.  Most of homes of the youngsters in detention centers has broken down, and consequently they have become confused.

In Christ we have the promise of being reunited with the Father and we also have the guarantee of a new home which He Himself has gone to prepare for us.  When we arrive in heaven the ideal will grip us that here on earth we have never really been 
"at home”.

O God, how thrilling it is to realize that I am no longer an orphan but a child of God through faith in Jesus Christ.  Thank YOU for restoring me to my Father and my fatherland.  In Jesus’ Name.  Amen.