As I read this devotion the words that came to my mind were the words to a song: “This world is not my home I’m just a passin’ through…” I would do well to remember that.

Realizing this world is not my home gives me insight (or it should) on how to live. Temporary quarters should be how I see living here on earth. That should change how I “love” i.e. view things, places, even people. This world is not my final destination. This world is not my home. This world should not receive my affections. This place is not paradise.

And that’s the key! To see this world as a temporary place. A place, as the song says, “I’m just passing through.” My final “stop” will be in a much better place. Through His grace God has given me so much more. That truth, that reality, should take me and sustain me through anything I experience here but should also motivate me to look ahead.

“Father, I so want to be with you. but I also don’t want to leave the ones I love. It’s the same battle Paul talked about in Philippians 1. While I’m here help me to keep my eyes on my future prize. Help me not to allow my affections to become too fond of this world but to see this world as temporary and my future home as my prize.”