I am constantly amazed at what the Bible says -- there are amazing statements of faith and promise in the Bible that are often glossed over and sometimes completely overlooked. Too often we try to intellectualize their radical truths away, and somehow turn these dynamic phrases into the pablumic sameness of the world's cultural existence.
But as a canonical Christian (one who believes the Holy Spirit guided and established the canon of Scripture, and, therefore, we must accept it and deal with it as God's Word), I know that the Lord Himself urges me to let His words seep into my bones and to be a lamp unto my feet (Psalm 119:105). When I seek God's wisdom from the Word, the Spirit teaches me in many levels and ways, and it is always wonderful.
Such is the case with Phillipians 3:20-21, which declares our citizenship is already in heaven."20 But our citizenship is in heaven, and from it we also await a savior, the Lord Jesus Christ. 21 He will change our lowly body to conform with his glorified body by the power that enables him also to bring all things into subjection to himself." What an totally awesome truth!
Are you living as a citizen of heaven, as an ambassador of the Lord Jesus Christ? What is keeping you from living out your citizenship in the here and now? Heaven has an outpost on earth and we are a part of it! Amen! Amen!
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