2 Corinthians 5:1 For we know that if the earthly tent we live in is destroyed, we have a building from God, an eternal house in heaven, not built by human hands.
This earth is not my home. This body is not my eternal dwelling. At once I fully embrace and believe these ideas and also struggle with them. Verse 7 says that “we live by faith and not by sight,” but it is often hard for me to wrap my head around things that I can’t see, can’t fathom.
2 Corinthians 5:4 For while we are in this tent, we groan and are burdened, because we do not wish to be unclothed but to be clothed instead with our heavenly dwelling, so that what is mortal may be swallowed up by life.
Verses 6 and 8 both mention the dichotomy of being home in the body and away from the Lord. We can’t be both at once—in the earthly body and with our eternal Lord. This idea reinforces my belief that my loved ones who are no longer in their earthly bodies are with God. They are no longer home in the body, so they are now home with the Lord.
2 Corinthians 5:6 Therefore we are always confident and know that as long as we are at home in the body we are away from the Lord.
Lord, Thank You for the reminder that this creaky body is not my eternal home. Help me to take care of it, but when the time comes to leave it behind to be with You, help me step boldly and in faith. Lord, I trust my sight more than I should probably because it’s what I know. Help me strengthen my faith so that I may live more fully in You. Draw me closer. Amen.
2 Corinthians 5:7 For we live by faith, not by sight.
Have a blessed day.
I, too, want to be a better steward of the body and space that I occupy here, but boldly seek our Home with Him. Thank for bodily sharing you faith and your humanness. Love you lots.