Where God Saves And Brings Us
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Have you ever felt far from where you need to be? Have you ever felt lost and distant, like you were caught up in an unfamiliar place and time? Have you ever longed for home?
The Israelites felt this way when their lives were turned upside down, when their homes were destroyed, and when they were carried off into a strange place as exiles—foreigners in a foreign land—by the Babylonians.
The Israelite people were disoriented and in need of rescue and in need of their lives being restored. They needed to be saved, to be put back together, and to be put back in place.
God spoke through the Prophet Zechariah, saying, “Thus says the Lord of hosts: Behold, I will save my people from the east country and from the west, and I will bring them to dwell in the midst of Jerusalem. And they shall be my people, and I will be their God, in faithfulness and in righteousness.” (Zechariah 8:7-8, ESV).
God promised that he would save his people, no matter where they were. God promised he would bring his weary and wayfaring people home, where they could settle in and be at home with him. They would be the people of God and they would rest in his faithfulness and righteousness all their days.
May we find the salvation of God no matter what far away place we feel like we have been exiled to, and may we experience God’s presence as we are at home with him, and as we are at rest in his faithfulness.
In Christ alone, Robbie
A Collect For Protection: “O God, the life of all who live, the light of the faithful, the strength of those who labor, and the repose of the dead: We thank you for the blessings of the day that is past, and humbly ask for your protection through the coming night. Bring us in safety to the morning hours; through him who died and rose again for us, your Son our Savior Jesus Christ. Amen.” (Book of Common Prayer, 2019).
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