We all know “The Wizard of Oz” phrase that Dorothy uses when she clicks her ruby-shoed-heels together, “There’s no place like home. There’s no place like home. There’s no place like home.”

I have blotted out your transgressions like a cloud and your sins like mist; return to Me, for I have redeemed you.

Isaiah 44:22

Home is where the heart is. It’s where we are comfortable; familiar; at ease. When something is comfy we think of it also as “homey.”

This is probably reflected more during the Christmas season than any other time in songs like “There’s no place like home for the holidays” and “I’ll be home for Christmas.”

But for the Christian, “Home” is often misunderstood. Our home isn’t here. Our Home is with our Lord and other believers in the New Creation.

Isaiah gives us a glimpse of this in Isaiah 55:1-5.

When we long for home, we should be longing for our heavenly Home. We should be looking forward to our Father’s House, which has many rooms which Jesus is preparing for us (John 14:2-3).

And we get to picture and long for this Home because of what Jesus – the child-King coming for us – on the cross and through the empty tomb.

Looking to Him, we see our Home.

There is no place like it!

Thank you, Lord!

“Gracious God, you invite the thirsty to drink and the hungry to be filled without cost. Teach us to turn from empty pursuits and to delight in the rich food of your grace. Keep us secure in your covenant love, that we may both rejoice in your feast and share it with those who hunger. Through Jesus Christ, your Son, our Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and forever. Amen.”

Scriptures

  • Isaiah 55:1-5
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