The Bible for Women

Weekly Devotional

This is the third in a series of five lessons which embraces songs in our worship by my friend and sister in Christ, Wanda Hankins.

I’ve chosen ‘Oh, They Tell Me of a Home’.

Read the words:

Oh, They Tell Me of a Home

Oh, they tell me of a home far beyond the skies, Oh, they Tell me of a home far away; Oh, they tell me of a home where no Storm clouds rise, Oh, they tell me of an unclouded day.

Oh, they tell me of a home where my friends have gone, Oh, they Tell me of that land far away, Where the tree of life in Eternal bloom Sheds its fragrance thru the unclouded day.

Oh, they tell me of a King in His beauty there, And they Tell me that mine eyes shall behold Where He sits on the throne that is Whiter than snow,In the city that is made of gold.

Oh, they tell me that He smiles on His children there, And His smile drives their sorrows away; And they tell me that no tears ever Come again, In that lovely land of unclouded day.

Oh, the land of cloudless day, Oh, the land of an unclouded sky; Oh, they tell me of a home where no storm clouds rise, Oh, they tell me of an unclouded day.

How many of us long for our eternal home? We know we have to finish our lives that God has given us but, oh, to go to that home He has saved for us! Imagine no anger, no frustrations, and no strife! Imagine love, acceptance, and peace instead! Wow!

Can you picture a throne so white that you can’t even bear to look at it? Can you imagine a place where there are no more tears? Set your imagination loose and try to picture the most beautiful place you have ever seen. Nope! Your imagination is not broad enough to find anything on this earth that will compare with Heaven’s home!

Revelation 21:1-27 states, "And I saw a new heaven and a new earth: for the first heaven and the first earth were passed away; and there was no more sea. And I, John, saw the holy city, new Jerusalem, coming down from God out of heaven, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband. And I heard a great voice out of heaven saying, Behold, the tabernacle of God is with men, and he will dwell with them, and they shall be his people, and God himself shall be with them, and be their God.

And God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes;

and there shall be no more death, neither sorrow, nor crying, neither shall there be any more pain: for the former things are passed away. And he that sat upon the throne said, 'Behold, I make all things new.' And he said unto me, 'Write: for these words are true and faithful.' And he said unto me, 'It is done. I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the end. I will give unto him that is a thirst of the fountain of the water of life freely. He that overcometh shall inherit all things; and I will be his God, and he shall be my son.

But the fearful, and unbelieving, and the abominable, and murderers, and whoremongers, and sorcerers, and idolaters, and all liars, shall have their part in the lake which burneth with fire and brimstone: which is the second death.'

And there came unto me one of the seven angels which had the seven vials full of the seven last plagues, and talked with me, saying, 'Come hither, I will shew thee the bride, the Lamb's wife.' And he carried me away in the spirit to a great and high mountain, and shewed me that great city, the holy Jerusalem, descending out of heaven from God, having the glory of God: and her light was like unto a stone most precious, even like a jasper stone, clear as crystal;

And had a wall great and high, and had twelve gates, and at the gates twelve angels, and names written thereon, which are the names of the twelve tribes of the children of Israel: On the east three gates; on the north three gates; on the south three gates; and on the west three gates. And the wall of the city had twelve foundations, and in them the names of the twelve apostles of the Lamb.

And he that talked with me had a golden reed to measure the city, and the gates thereof, and the wall thereof. And the city lieth foursquare, and the length is as large as the breadth: and he measured the city with the reed, twelve thousand furlongs. The length and the breadth and the height of it are equal. And he measured the wall thereof, an hundred and forty and four cubits, according to the measure of a man, that is, of the angel. And the building of the wall of it was of jasper: and the city was pure gold, like unto clear glass. And the foundations of the wall of the city were garnished with all manner of precious stones.

The first foundation was jasper; the second, sapphire; the third, a chalcedony; the fourth, an emerald; The fifth, sardonyx; the sixth, sardius; the seventh, chrysolite; the eighth, beryl; the ninth, a topaz; the tenth, a chrysoprasus; the eleventh, a jacinth; the twelfth, an amethyst. And the twelve gates were twelve pearls; every several gate was of one pearl: and the street of the city was pure gold, as it were transparent glass.

And I saw no temple therein: for the Lord God Almighty and the Lamb are the temple of it. And the city had no need of the sun, neither of the moon, to shine in it: for the glory of God did lighten it, and the Lamb is the light thereof. And the nations of them which are saved shall walk in the light of it: and the kings of the earth do bring their glory and honour into it.

And the gates of it shall not be shut at all by day: for there shall be no night there. And they shall bring the glory and honour of the nations into it. And there shall in no wise enter into it any thing that defileth, neither whatsoever worketh abomination, or maketh a lie: but they which are written in the Lamb's book of life."

The King sits on that throne in a city made of gold and He smiles on His children! How I want Him to smile on me! I want to be His child! Sisters, take my hand in your imagination and let’s go bow before the Lord in that land of an unclouded sky! May God grant you smiles this day! Wanda