Romans 8:32 (English Standard Version) He who did not spare his own Son but gave him up for us all, how will he not also with him graciously give us all things?

Now that I am home again and life returns to normal, I begin my day seeking what we, me and the Lord, are going to say. Seeking isn’t all that hard with the right heart attitude and that more than anything is what being home is all about.

Being away from home there are so many concerns. Traveling 3990 miles by car on the interstates across America being one of them. My wife got to see strange and wonderful sites. All I got to see was bumpers and headlights. But even when we were in a place of relaxation it wasn’t home. We weren’t settled.

So considering all that, why do I once again post BibleGateway’s verse of the day? It is not because I am lazy or settled for the first thing I see. It has to do with expectations.

What is on your list of all things you expect God the Father to give us so graciously?

While you run down the list of things you want, let me share with you my list of wrong things.

Anything that does not come through Christ is wrong.

It is so easy to overlook the obvious in the heated moment of need. Before the words “graciously give” are the words “with Him”. It is so easy to forget that Jesus didn’t have a place of His own in this world to call home. No career once He began His ministry. Doing the will of the Father was everything to Him. Now, following Jesus, doing the will of the Father, do we really expect “everything”?

Yes I have a car but Jesus didn’t give it to me. My career made that possible. Yes I live in a nice house but it isn’t my home. Home is where the heart is and everything I need comes from the abundance of my heart.

Psalm 5:7 But I, through the abundance of your steadfast love, will enter your house. I will bow down toward your holy temple in the fear of you.

My body is His temple, and in it abides His abundant love and that is everything.

Give no thought to the clothes you wear, the car you drive, the house that isn’t a home, or the food you eat, which is not manna from heaven.

Love is everything and without it, none of it matters.