In today's daily bread passage, Proverbs 3:33 it is written: "The Lord curses the house of the wicked, but blesses the home of the righteous."
I think the translator of the Hebrew Bible did a good job in distinguishing the house from the home, that is, the house which is just a hollow shell vs. the home which is filled up with love, peace, and comfort.
In the previous passage the author of the psalm talks about a bunch of dos and donts in our relationship with our neighbors.
Question becomes: how can you keep up with these dos and donts? The key is found in v. 33 of this blessed chapter: the home of the righteous.
And even the life of the righteous does not come on its own. It requires to follow the principle (or rule), as is found in the life of Abraham in Genesis 12:1-5. There the Lord commanded Abram to leave his own country people and household, go to the land the Lord was going to show him. So Abram left and went.
So we are exhorted to leave and go to the promised land never turning back, every day.
In this internet age, we are all connected to our own country, people, and household, via all different inventions such as social media like facebook, google plus, whatsup, or kakaotalk. To some even one has to this leaving and going in regard to the one who lives and sleeps under the same roof all the time like his wife or kids.
Leave and go. Exodus daily! Live by faith in the Lord, going to the land the Lord is going to show you for the land (spiritual) which is made visible to you only to the extent that you leave and go step by step.
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