Homeless - without a home, without a place to call one’s own, without a place of rest, a refuge, a door to close, a roof to shelter - it is a dreary, weary way to live. In our time it is becoming a bitter reality for many, many people. Some are refugees from turmoil or famine in their homelands, some are victims of natural disasters, some have simply slipped into deep poverty without really understanding how it could have happened. But it is far from the worst that can happen!
The poorest man in all the world is the man who has no home for eternity.
No amount of wealth or luxury on earth can ever compensate for the loss of all things in eternity. What shall it profit a man, if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his own soul?
Prosperity on earth, at the expense of bankruptcy of the soul, leads to everlasting remorse. There is no poverty like that which faces a Christless soul in the bitterness of a Christless eternity.
Better far to have nothing in this world, but to be “rich in faith” - faith in God, faith in Christ Jesus -therefore being justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ. Peace with God now, and a home in heaven! Wonderful!
A makeshift hut in a refugee camp, a temporary cot in a shelter for the homeless, or even a spot on a grate where a little warmth seeps up in the winter or under an overpass or a bit a plastic in the rain -none of these are lasting. One who knows God as his Father and the Lord Jesus as his Saviour can look forward and rejoice in the hope of the glory of God even though homeless on earth.
There is a time, we know not when,
A point, we know not where,
Which marks the destiny of men
To glory or despair.
There is a line by us unseen,
That crosses every path;
The hidden boundary between
God’s mercy and His wrath.
A point of time, a moment’s space,
The choice you make will tell,
Will land you in that heavenly place,
Or shut you up in hell!