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Sep 4, 2017, 2:39:57 AM9/4/17

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Promise of a Peaceful Home

Everyone will sit under their own vine and under their own fig tree, and no one will make them afraid. Micah 4:4

Sixty-five million. That’s the number of refugees in our world today—people who have had to leave their homes due to conflict and persecution—and it’s higher than it’s ever been. The UN has petitioned leaders to work together in receiving refugees so that every child will get an education, every adult will find meaningful work, and every family will have a home.

The dream of making homes for refugees in crisis reminds me of a promise God made to the nation of Judah when ruthless Assyrian armies threatened their homes. The Lord commissioned the prophet Micah to warn the people that they would lose their temple and their beloved city of Jerusalem. But God also promised a beautiful future beyond the loss.

God promises His children a peaceful home in His kingdom.

A day will come, said Micah, when God will call the peoples of the world to Himself. Violence will end. Weapons of war will become farming tools, and every person who answers God’s call will find a peaceful home and a productive life in His kingdom (4:3–4).

For many in the world today, and maybe for you, a safe home remains more a dream than a reality. But we can rely on God’s ancient promise of a home for people of all nations, even as we wait and work and pray for those peaceful homes to become a reality.

God, thank You for the beautiful promise of a home. Please bring peace to our world, and provide for the needs of all of Your children.

God promises His children a peaceful home in His kingdom.

和平家园

人人都要坐在自己葡萄树下和无花果树下，无人惊吓。-弥迦书4章4节

现今全世界的难民人数多达六千五百万人，已创下历史新高。由于各种冲突和迫害，使他们不得不离开家园。联合国向各国领袖大声疾呼，齐心协力接纳难民，让每个孩子能受教育、每个成年人能发挥所长，并让每个家庭都有个居住的家园。

让颠沛流离的难民都有一个家的梦想，令我回想起，古时的犹大国在面临残酷的亚述军队威胁时，上帝赐给他们的应许。那时，上帝差遣先知弥迦警告百姓，他们将失去圣殿，以及他们所爱的耶路撒冷。但除了灾难之外，上帝也应许一个美好的未来。弥迦说，到那日，上帝将召聚各国人民到祂面前，暴行止息，战争的刀枪将变成农具。凡回应上帝呼召的人，将在祂的国度里找到一个和平的家园，得享丰盛的生命（4章3-4节）。

对今日世界上许多人而言，安全的家园宛如遥不可及的梦想，或许对你来说也是如此。但我们仍然可以信靠上帝古时的应许，祂必为万国万民预备一个和平的家。我们只需要耐心等候、殷勤作工，祈祷那和平的国度早日实现。

感谢上帝赐下美好的应许，让我们得着永远的居所。
求祢让这个世界享有和平，并供应祢儿女一切所需用的。