Safe Haven by Hillary Scott

Love Remains | A 13-Day Devotional By Hillary Scott

Day 4 of 13 "Safe Haven" By the time you're reading this, your mind has probably been a hundred different places. To-do lists, meetings, coffee dates, play dates, things you need to buy, people you need to see, places you need to go. Life moves at a rapid pace. It sweeps us up in a crazy rhythm of the here-and-now or the near future. Rarely do we sit back and observe life with an eternal mindset. Yet, in scripture, we are consistently reminded to focus on things above, to focus heavenward. Paul is famous for this. It seems he had one foot on earth and one foot in eternity at all times. As he said, "For me, living is Christ and dying is gain. Now if I live on in the flesh, this means fruitful work for me; and I don't know which one I should choose. I am pressured by both" (Philippians 1:21-23). He said,"My home's not here. No, I'm not bound My hope is built on higher ground And where I'm going Oh, goodbye don't mean a thing" As believers, our lives are about so much more than the pressures and material things of this world. "We have this hope as an anchor for our lives, safe and secure," Paul says in Hebrews 6:19. That hope he's referring to is Christ, the one who came to bring us life here on earth, as well as beyond it. Whatever worldly things are stealing your attention today, remind yourself that: Sometimes when there's no answer No reason for the pain And I just can't wrap my head around the why of things that come my way I still believe you hold a place for us in heaven Philippians 1:21-23 Hebrews 6:19 Philippians 1:21-23 KJV 21 For to me to live is Christ, and to die is gain. 22 But if I live in the flesh, this is the fruit of my labour: yet what I shall choose I wot not. 23 For I am in a strait betwixt two, having a desire to depart, and to be with Christ; which is far better: Hebrews 6:19 KJV 19 Which hope we have as an anchor of the soul, both sure and stedfast, and which entereth into that within the veil;