The Lord is awe-inspiring, fearsome, fascinating, intriguing, majestic, and full of splendor: breathtaking! Here is what I saw of him today and what came to my heart and mind in Philippians 3:20-21,
"Our citizenship is in heaven. And we eagerly await a Savior from there, the Lord Jesus Christ, who, by the power that enables him to bring everything under his control, will transform our lowly bodies so that they will be like his glorious body."
Next month we are headed out for a vacation (at least that is the plan). When we get to where we are going, we will enjoy where we are at: rest, relaxation, recreation. At the end of our vacation we will be returning home. As I think about it, I have always looked forward to returning home after I have visited somewhere. Home is where family is, home is where I order the things of my life, home is also a comfortable location where I can rest, relax and recreate as well. It is also a great vantage point where I can initiate new ideas, new projects, new opportunities to pursue.
Paul speaks of a home we believers look forward to that is different from the one we enjoy here in this life. Not only is it a different geographic location, it is also a different spiritual location, a different dimensional location, a location where I will not be residing in the body I have here in this life. I will have a resurrected body, a glorious body transformed from the "lowly body" I currently am "housed" in.
Paul talks about this reality as a citizenship we have in heaven. There is our permanent home, our eternal home, the home we as the children of God are destined for. It is where our Savior, Jesus Christ, will be coming from when he comes for us.
The writer of Hebrews also speaks about this as he recounts heroes of the faith. "All these people were still living by faith when they died. They did not receive the things promised; they only saw them and welcomed them from a distance, admitting that they were foreigners and strangers on earth. People who say such things show that they are looking for a country of their own. If they had been thinking of the country they had left, they would have had opportunity to return. Instead, they were longing for a better country—a heavenly one. Therefore God is not ashamed to be called their God, for he has prepared a city for them." Hebrews 11:13-16.
"Our citizenship is in heaven. And we eagerly await a Savior from there, the Lord Jesus Christ, who, by the power that enables him to bring everything under his control, will transform our lowly bodies so that they will be like his glorious body."
Next month we are headed out for a vacation (at least that is the plan). When we get to where we are going, we will enjoy where we are at: rest, relaxation, recreation. At the end of our vacation we will be returning home. As I think about it, I have always looked forward to returning home after I have visited somewhere. Home is where family is, home is where I order the things of my life, home is also a comfortable location where I can rest, relax and recreate as well. It is also a great vantage point where I can initiate new ideas, new projects, new opportunities to pursue.
Paul speaks of a home we believers look forward to that is different from the one we enjoy here in this life. Not only is it a different geographic location, it is also a different spiritual location, a different dimensional location, a location where I will not be residing in the body I have here in this life. I will have a resurrected body, a glorious body transformed from the "lowly body" I currently am "housed" in.
Paul talks about this reality as a citizenship we have in heaven. There is our permanent home, our eternal home, the home we as the children of God are destined for. It is where our Savior, Jesus Christ, will be coming from when he comes for us.
The writer of Hebrews also speaks about this as he recounts heroes of the faith. "All these people were still living by faith when they died. They did not receive the things promised; they only saw them and welcomed them from a distance, admitting that they were foreigners and strangers on earth. People who say such things show that they are looking for a country of their own. If they had been thinking of the country they had left, they would have had opportunity to return. Instead, they were longing for a better country—a heavenly one. Therefore God is not ashamed to be called their God, for he has prepared a city for them." Hebrews 11:13-16.
Home really is where the heart is, isn't it?
Anything of the Lord capture your heart from Scripture today? Share what moved you about him from your Bible reading today. I'd love to hear from you!
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Anything of the Lord capture your heart from Scripture today? Share what moved you about him from your Bible reading today. I'd love to hear from you!
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