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Where's Your Happy Place?

My hubby started last Sunday's sermon with a hilarious recounting of the paintball excursion he participated in with some of the guys from church. He is ex military so he's no stranger to this sort of atmosphere and has experience in rocking courses like the one provided at the paintball park. HOWEVER, it has been many moon since his military days AND the guys he was participating with weren't necessarily military trained - great teammates and loads of fun but there was an obvious miscommunication when my hubby reverted back to military lingo. He told the story of the different levels provided at this course, the over zealous 12 years olds wanting to dominate this thing, and his inability to communicate properly with his teammates. He detailed this place that everyone wanted to get to so they could take cover and not get shot. A place of refuge that could allow them to have a one up on the other players. A safe place.

We're to a place in Joshua where all the tribes are assigned a home, a place of refuge (Joshua 20-21). The Levites, however, do not have a designated area. Their inheritance is God - not anything material or earthly. They are essentially the Old Testament picture of who we are now. They are our reminder that God is in charge. Levites are assigned to each tribe. The bigger tribes get more Levites - they designate a certain number of cities they tithed to the Levites. God strategically distributed the his people throughout the tribes. The Levites had a huge involvement in the homes of the tribes people - they were the route to reconcile man to man and man to God. I kind of picture the places the Levites dwelt as an embassy of sorts.

The cool thing is that we are ALL Levites as children of God. Wherever we go, we bring Jesus with us and have the ability to reconcile man to man and man to God. We have the opportunity as believers to reveal him to all we come in contact with.

YOU are a city of refuge to those around you because the Spirit of Christ rests within you! Find your joy in the Lord and have joy in all you do! Bring peace and love everywhere you go! Find refuge in God and be the refuge on earth. :)
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