Our real home (Part 2)
Verse of the Day: Philippians 3:20 “But our citizenship is in heaven. And we eagerly await a Savior from there, the Lord Jesus Christ”
In writing the letter to the Philippians, Paul reminds them that even if they live in Philip, they must behave as foreigners as their true nationality is heavenly and not earthly. I know that you who are reading this message belong to a country in the world but if you are born again and that Jesus Christ is your savior, it is important that you understand that your real nationality is not of this world because the verse of the day reminds us that we belong to heaven. Obviously we are physically on earth but we are spiritually in heaven because the bible says that God made us sit together with Christ in heavenly places (Phil 2:6).
Why is it important to know that we are citizens of heaven? Because a citizen of heaven on earth should behave like someone who still have a way to go. Those who make long trips understand what I'm saying because sometime you have to cross two or three airports before reaching the destination. For example, I once traveled to Johannesburg and it was my final destination but I had to pass through Nairobi and I spent a night at a hotel in Nairobi before taking another plane to Johannesburg the next day. Despite that I was entered in Nairobi, my bags were still closed but I had to take little things as temporary needs and even if I had to walk around the city for a little distraction, my mind and my focus was in Johannesburg. I did not take any appointments; I did not want to waste money by converting it to local currency because I wanted to save it to be spent in Johannesburg which was my final destination.
Today we are on earth but our final destination is in heaven. We should behave as heavenly citizens who are in transit on earth in keeping our thoughts and goals for the sake of the kingdom of God and not for earth only.
Now, there are some Christians who behave as if they have already reached the final destination while they are still in transit. All projects are related to the things of the earth and they do not care about heaven... I will clearly speak about it in the third part.
Chris Ndikumana
