Picturing Life! (part 2 of 2)

Yesterday we noted Hezekiah’s picture of life as something woven on a loom. Consider the passage again for a second image he provided.

Hezekiah stated…
“(12) MY DWELLING IS PLUCKED UP AND REMOVED FROM ME LIKE A SHEPHERD’S TENT; like a weaver I have rolled up my life; he cuts me off from the loom; from day to night you bring me to an end; (13) I calmed myself until morning; like a lion he breaks all my bones; from day to night you bring me to an end.” ( Isaiah 38:12-13 ESV)

This life is a pilgrimage. We are on a journey. WE ARE NOT HOME YET. Getting too content and settled in within this earthly realm can cause us to loose sight of our greatest purpose and the heavenly goal.

Think of shepherds guiding their sheep to good pasture and pools from which to drink. The shepherds may enjoy the beauty of starlit peaceful nights. Their trek will take them through lovely meadows and up onto beautiful hillsides. Shepherds, moving about from place to place, but the time comes when the STAKES ARE PULLED UP AND THEY HEAD FOR HOME. As much as the shepherds might enjoy the journey and the settings in which grazing takes place, there is nothing like the joy of GOING HOME.

I love tent camping. I enjoy spending time hiking in the outdoors. However, this is all done with the anticipation of PULLING UP STAKES and returning home to a real house, a more comfortable bed, and all the other comforts of home.

Paul, in referring to our fleshly body as a “tent” encouraged…
“(1) For we know that if the tent, which is our earthly home, is destroyed, WE HAVE A BUILDING FROM GOD, A HOUSE NOT MADE WITH HANDS, ETERNAL IN THE HEAVENS. (2) For in this tent we groan, LONGING TO PUT ON OUR HEAVENLY DWELLING, (3) if indeed by putting it on we may not be found naked. (4) For while we are still in this tent, we sigh, being burdened -- not that we would be unclothed, but that we would be further clothed, so that what is mortal may be swallowed up by life. (5) HE WHO HAS PREPARED US FOR THIS VERY THING IS GOD, who has given us the Spirit as a guarantee.” ( 2 Corinthians 5:1-5 ESV)

There will come the time to MOVE ON; to GO HOME; for our life to be “plucked up and removed from [us] like a shepherd’s tent.” It is what God has prepared us for. May we maintain a focus in life that will leave us prepared for when it is our time to MOVE ON into an eternity with Him.

Have a great day LOOKING TOWARD HOME!
Carl
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[This focus was originally sent 10/08/2003]

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