We are 'Aliens'

~~~ Acts of the Apostles 20:28-38 ~~~ Psalm 68 ~~~ John 17:11B-19 ~~~

...they do not belong to the world
any more than I belong to the world.

For all you readers out there who are science fiction lovers;
it is official we do not belong to this world.
If we do not belong to this world then we must be 'aliens'.
We were placed into this world by God.
Even though most of us rather like it here;
this is clearly not where we belong.
Jesus tells us today that we do not belong
here any more than he belonged here.
He belonged with the Father in Heaven.
Can we assume that is also where we belong?

I do not ask that you take them out of the world
but that you keep them from the Evil One.

Jesus was on Earth for thirty-three.
Most of us remain here for many more years.

Even when Jesus was here the 'Evil One' was also present.
According to Scriptures Jesus was tempted by this one called 'Evil'.
Jesus asks the Father to keep us safe from this 'Evil One'.
Jesus longs for us to be safe,
because he wants us to be reunited with him someday.
We do not belong here...
Since we do not belong here it makes us a target for this 'Evil One'.
When something or someone doesn't belong they
look out of place...they are easy to spot.

Jesus was sent here by the Father to save us,
but along the way he showed us how to live here too.
He showed us how we could love
even though we were not of this world.

...As you sent me into the world,
so I sent them into the world.
And I consecrate myself for them,
so that they also may be consecrated in truth.

We have been consecrated in truth..
become life long seekers of the truth.
As the saying goes the truth will set you free.
Jesus is the way, the truth, and the life.

We are blessed to have Jesus protecting us from the 'Evil One'.
We are blessed to have Jesus guiding us on the path of truth.
It is his truth that we desire; not the so called truth the world offers to us.

Peace
fellow aliens.