At Home in the Body

I know I haven't been posting every day, but I have still been doing my daily worship song / Bible verse reflections. I just haven't been able to sit down in front of my laptop and type! So this one is for Saturday, and the Switchfoot song I posted the lyrics to one post before this is for Friday.

Here is the first part of 2 Corinthians 5:

1 For we know that if the earthly tent we live in is destroyed, we have a building from God, an eternal house in heaven, not built by human hands. 2 Meanwhile we groan, longing to be clothed instead with our heavenly dwelling, 3 because when we are clothed, we will not be found naked. 4 For while we are in this tent, we groan and are burdened, because we do not wish to be unclothed but to be clothed instead with our heavenly dwelling, so that what is mortal may be swallowed up by life. 5 Now the one who has fashioned us for this very purpose is God, who has given us the Spirit as a deposit, guaranteeing what is to come.
 6 Therefore we are always confident and know that as long as we are at home in the body we are away from the Lord. 7 For we live by faith, not by sight. 8 We are confident, I say, and would prefer to be away from the body and at home with the Lord. 9 So we make it our goal to please him, whether we are at home in the body or away from it. 10 For we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ, so that each of us may receive what is due us for the things done while in the body, whether good or bad.


I highlighted the end of verse 5 because it relates to one of my previous posts (http://keepitinyourheart.blogspot.com/2012/03/holy-spirit.html), about the trinity and the Holy Spirit being here for us while Jesus has left the Earth.


I like the comparison between verses 6 and 9 because they are opposites. We can only be at home in either the body or with the Lord. Then in verse 9 it says, but no matter which home we are in, we should still aim to do what is right in the eyes of the Lord, and obey His commands because whatever we do in while in the body will reflect what God's judgement on us will be when that day comes (Jesus' second coming).