Everyone had a home — but Him!,.
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("http://gracegems.org/C/Smith.htm" James Smith, "Daily Bible Readings for the Lord's Household")
"Foxes have holes, and birds of the air have nests — but the Son of man has no place to lay His head!" Matthew 8:20
What an astonishing fact!
Here is the Creator of all things — without a home!
Here is the Ruler of the universe — without a habitation!
Here is the eternal, immortal King — more destitute than the birds of the air, or the beasts of the forest!
"Then each one went to his own home — but Jesus went to the Mount of Olives." John 7:53-8:1
Everyone had a home — but Him!
What brought Him into these circumstances?
LOVE!
Love for whom?
Love for sinners, the vilest, the basest of mankind!
Why did He stoop so low?
He became poor — that we might become rich!
He was without a poor cottage on earth — that we might possess a splendid mansion in heaven!
He was destitute in time — that we might possess a glorious portion in eternity!
O Jesus, how is Your love!
O my soul, admire, adore, and praise — the wondrous love of your beloved Lord!
"For you know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that though He was rich — yet for your sakes He became poor; so that you through His poverty might become rich!" 2 Corinthians 8:9
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