The God Who Became Our Refuge [Easter]

At Easter, the church, kept from gathering in the sanctuary by an epidemic, worships at home, each in their own house. In that time, joined together online, the world is held captive by fear, and the church too is passing through an age in which it is hard to keep the faith.

The time shut in at home becomes either a blessing or a judgment, depending on how it is seen. Just as Obed-Edom, who brought the ark of God into his house, was blessed because he rejoiced rather than being afraid, if families worshiped and prayed together in that time, it was a time of blessing given by God. Jesus told his troubled disciples that there are many rooms in his Father’s house, and that house is an eternal dwelling place that even Satan cannot invade.

Only those who keep the faith without fearing death enter that dwelling place. God’s people must not be afraid or proud, must not compromise with the world, and must hold fast to the word. Then they will live in the glory of God in the eternal home that Christ has prepared.