Thursday, September 17
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WHERE DO YOU LIVE?
One of the first things most parents teach their children as soon as they can is their home address and phone number. Mom
and Dad want their little ones to know where they live if they should ever become lost or separated from them. But knowing the
answer to the question, "Where do you live?" is helpful for adults, too.
A young Nazi was being initiated into a very elite
group of soldiers and was asked by his commanding officer, "Son, where do you live?" "I live in Stuttgart, sir," he replied. "Wrong
answer!" barked the officer. "Where do you live?" The soldier thought and answered a second time: "I live in Germany, sir." The
officer inched closer to him, and shouted more loudly than before: "Wrong! Where do you live?" Now he had it. "I live in the
Third Reich, sir." But he was wrong again. When he was asked the fourth time, the young soldier gave up, saying "Sir, I don't
know how to answer." The officer then told him, "From this day forward, when someone asks you 'Where do you live?' you say,
'I live in Hitler'." His residence was not a place...but a person.
Moses, at the end of his life, still did not dwell in
Canaan...he lived in the Lord God Almighty. That was his home address. God was his dwelling place. The problem with most of
those who are Christians is that they do not dwell or abide in Christ...they just come home for a visit every now and then. They
visit on Sundays. On Easter and Christmas. In times of personal crisis, perhaps. But they do not make their home in Him. Jesus
said "Abide in me." We do not need to wonder for a moment where we should live.
Memory Verse
PSALMS 90:1
Lord, Thou hast been our dwelling place in all generations.
Read Through The Bible
Job 35-37