The Highway Home: Strangers Gathered by the Lord
Scripture
Isaiah 11:10 — In that day the Root of Jesse will stand as a banner for the peoples; the nations will rally to him, and his resting place will be glorious.
Isaiah 11:12 — He will raise a banner for the nations and gather the exiles of Israel; he will assemble the scattered people of Judah from the four quarters of the earth.
Hebrews 11:13 — …admitting that they were foreigners and strangers on earth.
Philippians 3:20 — But our citizenship is in heaven. And we eagerly await a Savior from there…
🔹 Devotional
We live as strangers in a land shaped by sin, yet Isaiah promises a day when God gathers His scattered people. The Root of Jesse will stand as a banner, uniting nations and calling exiles home. Just as He parted seas for Israel, He will clear the path again — a highway of return, leading His people to rest and glory.
lyrics by Zeb of Virginia Beach and theholygospel.net
from his song I Just Want To Go Home…
sitting in Starbucks with the tears rollin down my face
reminiscing on my very own fall from Grace
when I lived in grace I can’t quite recall
Nowadays all I can recall is the fall
I just wanna go home again
I just wanna go home my friend
I just wanna go home amen
I just wanna go home
walking in Maymont park feeling a little bit less alone
have you ever been there in the morning
when the morning sun has shone?
What a wondeful place to get hopelessly lost
but I would pay the price and leave this place because
I just wanna go home
there’s a shadow of the cross on this road where I am lost
and it reminds me there’s a higher road because
I Just wanna go home
🔹 Prayer
Lord, we walk as exiles in a world not our own. Raise Your banner, gather us from every corner, and lead us home. Renew our hope as citizens of heaven, awaiting the day of Your kingdom revealed. Amen.
