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The In And Out Lifestyle
How do we come in and go out in life with Jesus?
You will be blessed when you come in and blessed when you go out.
- Deuteronomy 28:6
It is interesting to consider being blessed by simply coming and going in life. At face value, that is why I would have taken this verse and others like it in the Bible when finding such a phrase.
Yet, in the last month or so, I have encountered this phrase several times and finally found a resource that helped me dive into it more for my life.
I have been reading a book lately that has challenged me in how I connect with God and his presence. The book is called His House, His Presence, by Michael Freeland Miller, pastor of UPPERROOM church in Dallas, Texas.
While there are many great points this book makes, one that stuck out to me recently was understanding what it means in the Old Testament when we read the phrase:
“Go out and come in.”
After doing a little digging of my own, I found this phrase a few times in the Old Testament, and it connects in various ways. However, it is primarily a military term for the people of Israel.
The ten times I found it in the Old Testament come from these references:
