“There is no place like home!” said Dorothy as she clicked the heels of her slippers, awakening in Kansas from a dream in the Wizard of Oz. After a week away, I am inclined to agree. It is always good to get home after a time away. Our dogs, like Toto, were especially glad to see us when we arrived.
Paul and Barnabas preached along the way as they headed home. Boarding a ship in Attalia, they headed back to Antioch. Remember Antioch had sent them out with prayer, commissioning them with grace. The grace took! God sustained them by grace and used their message to save many other people by grace. They told the story of how they overcame by grace. Their story was about what God had done and how he had opened the door of faith to Gentiles.
What if our story is all God’s story? Shouldn’t we tell of the great things he has done for us. How has he used us to evoke faith in others. I am inclined to believe we can never outrun God’s grace. Grace will find us, guide us, and lead us home again. Someday, like Bunyan’s Pilgrim, we believers will look back on the experiences of life and see that God’s grace carried us as on eagle’s wings. When we finally get home, we will want to stay a long time. So we shall!
