Foreigner in a Land of Blessing

Philippians‬ ‭4‬:‭12‬-‭13

Forty years of wandering in the wilderness brought Israel to stand upon a mountaintop overlooking the land of promise. Every Israelite over twenty years of age when they left Egypt under Moses’ leadership was dead, except for three. Every Israelite under 40 only knew wandering. So, to find themselves in a place of blessing had to be this incredible range of emotions.

While it sounds strange, undoubtedly, one of those feelings had to be, “We don’t deserve to be here. This can’t be our land. I’m not in the right place”

We can wrestle with not just the difficult seasons of life but also the good seasons. When life is in rhythm, things are breaking our way, and the days feel full of promise and blessing; doubt, confusion, negativity, and even self-loathing can become persuasive in our minds. “I’m in the wrong place. I don’t deserve to be here.” You can feel like a foreigner in the land of blessings.

That’s why we should cling to the same thing in good places and in difficult places: The Love…