"Welcome Home. . ."

"Home is where the heart is. . ."  Such a great old saying that I haven't heard used much anymore.  What is home? What does that even mean? Have we forgotten what home is, or where it is?  Maybe with all the chaos that our lives are filled with, we have forgotten to remember the singular basic foundation that our lives are built upon.  So home is where the heart is. . . But where is that? Is that back in our hometown? Where our family is? Maybe where our dreams will take us? What about where we are now? Does there have to be one place that you call home based on where your heart is at any given moment?
Change gears for just a second. . .  Christ calls us to excel at whatever we do  (Colossians 3:23 - The favorite verse of Christian educators worldwide - "Whatever you do, work at it with all your heart, as working for the Lord, not for men").  He calls us to work with excellence, to reflect Him and who He is.  He doesn't however, always call us to work, or serve Him in the the place that is most comfortable, or the most convenient for us.  Should we then reject His standard, and do what He's called us to do, where He's called us to do it, with a begrudging attitude?  Or should we then, taking up the cause of Christ, and denying ourselves, work wholeheartedly at what He's called us to?  Ya see when that happens, and you put your whole heart into His calling. . .whether its being a senior pastor, or cleaning up after the senior social club. . . the place that God has called you to, becomes your home.  Not your physical home, or even emotional home, but rather you begin to feel at home there.  You begin to feel at home in the call that He has placed on your life . . . in this moment.  It is then, that we truly become the temple of the Holy Spirit, its fullest essence.  A follower of Christ, that not only verbally says he believes, but is actively living their belief out, in total and unreserved surrender - all to the glory of Jesus Christ.  One that has put aside his/her own desires, and simply says, "Yes Lord".  So. . . if home is where the heart is, and you are where God has placed you. . . .Then . . . . "Welcome Home".