There seem to be so many in our world right now who are seeking a home, a secure and safe place to live. Our prayers for mankind can support individuals everywhere by affirming God’s unconditional, impartial love and provision for each of His children. I’ve often prayed with a passage from the book of Ezekiel in the Bible, in which God says of the children of Israel, “I will place them” (37:26).
At one point not that long ago, my husband and I relocated to a city on the East Coast because of my employment. We felt it was right to purchase a home, but we had no idea where to even start looking, so we prayed for guidance. I thought about Christ Jesus’ words in the Sermon on the Mount: “Seek, and ye shall find” (Matthew 7:7). We were seeking to understand and follow God’s will, instead of outlining exactly what we should have. So it seemed natural that we would find what would meet our needs. This honest seeking freed us from any sense of fear, or from being anxious about how everything would come together. That next week we were led to the perfect home for the perfect price in just the right area.
We soon signed the papers to start the home loan process. I might add that we had to put a large sum down, which we would then get back at closing. A dear friend loaned us this amount of money, so it was important that everything run smoothly. We got what was called an adjustable-rate mortgage, which meant that in five years the interest rate on the loan would no longer be locked in and could possibly be raised significantly. We assumed, like many others at the time, that we would be able to sell our home before the interest rate was no longer locked in, not knowing about the housing meltdown which lay ahead.
