Being a foreigner living in Japan, you realize pretty quickly that this place wasn’t designed for you. I’m considered tall, even by American averages. But here? I feel like a giant living in a dollhouse (Godzilla comes to mind). Everything is in proportion, just not to my proportions! The shower, sink, and toilet are all together in a space about the size of a coat closet. It makes cleaning the bathroom convenient, but I have to stoop over to brush my teeth. The chairs, sinks, and counters seem to be at least 6 inches too short. This makes dish washing and meal prep a challenge. And even sitting in a chair requires a deep-knee squatting maneuver. It’s not pretty, but at least you avoid the uncontrolled “plop down”. Yes, it’s clear this place was not designed for me.
The same thing is true of this world. As you look around, you know there has to be more than this, right? That’s because the fallen world we live in is not the world God designed for us. As followers of Christ, we are strangers here, pilgrims1 just passing through and we won’t truly be at home until we are with Him in eternity.
It reminds me of something CS Lewis said in his book Mere Christianity: “If we find ourselves with a desire that nothing in this world can satisfy, the most probable explanation is that we were made for another world.” That’s why we will never find peace looking for it in this world. He is the only One that brings peace and will satisfy the deep longings of our soul. We can take great comfort in what Jesus said:
“In My Father’s house are many mansions; if it were not so, I would have told you. I go to prepare a place for you. And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again and receive you to Myself; that where I am, there you may be also.” John 14:2-3
I can’t wait for that Day! I just hope the sink is about 6 inches taller.
1 Hebrews 11:13
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