Meditations From The Psalms, Part 2

"I am a stranger in the earth: hide not thy commandments from me." - Psalm 119:19

A stranger on the earth? Who would use such language, except a foreigner? But where is this foreigner from? He didn't say he was a stranger in Israel or France, for this would simply imply that he was from another nation. He claimed to be a stranger in the world. Oh what significance this has. He is focused on eternity. He is from another world. Many times others spoke in a similar vein. Abraham looked for a city that was built by God. Paul refers to believers as having another citizenship. This should reduce our temporal burdens and heighten our joy for eternity. Do our lives testify to this world that we are from another place? That's the way I see things.