Australia is a land of sojourners. Many of us are from "somewhere," or can trace our ancestry back to another place. Australia's first peoples also have traditions and rituals that involve moving through the land. We are sojourners—people who are from another place; people who are travellers; people who are passing through.
The Bible often describes God’s people as sojourners too. The patriarchs sojourned in other lands, as did the nation of Israel and the exiles. Peter refers to the New Testament Church as “sojourners and exiles” (1 Peter 2:11). The biblical concept of sojourning represents a deeper reality: God’s people are passing through this world and will find ultimate rest in an eternal home.
We are sojourners or wanderers who long to know where our true home is. Our wandering hearts are desperately in need of rest we will only truly find in Jesus.
