Ephesians 2:19

"You are no longer foreigners and aliens, but fellow citizens with God's people and members of God's household."

Thoughts on today's verse:

The fact that Paul would say that the believers in the Ephesian church were "no longer" might be an indication that some within the church were still living like foreigners to God's household. While it is true that this is a statement about our pre-salvation relationship to God (foreigners and aliens), it gets at a heart question: how are you living today? Perhaps you have experienced God's great salvation, so freely given, but you have turned your back on God to again pursue the empty pleasures of the world.

If you've ever traveled to a foreign country, where you didn't know the language, you can relate to the awkward feeling that you had of not being at home. It just didn't feel completely comfortable, you didn't speak the language, you didn't know the customs, the food was different, and so on. However, when you returned to you own country, you fit in: you spoke the language, you knew the customs, the food was something you were used to. People today are going to be a foreigner and an alien somewhere: either a foreigner to God and other believers and citizen of the world; or a foreigner to the world and a member of God's household!

If you have experienced the salvation that God offers through His perfect Son, Jesus Christ, then you a fellow citizen with God's people. As members of God's household, we ought to live in a way that reflects this great reality!