Good Morning All,
Philippians 3:20; “But
our citizenship is in heaven, and from it we await a Savior, the Lord Jesus
Christ,”
“Homeward bound, I wish I was homeward bound” at least that is what Simon and
Garfunkel sing about. This song is about a man who wants to go home but,
for many reasons, can’t go home. Going home is a dream for many, it is
what many people want especially during the holiday season. Many ballads
are about going home, wanting to go home, or arriving home. It seems to
be a popular theme.
Going home is a desire for most of us. It is interesting how people
define home. We know that “home is where the heart is” so I often find
people in the nursing home, even those who enjoy where they are, still long to
go home. Many people, even though they have lived in a city for many
years still consider home to be where they grew up. They would like to go
home but they can’t find any work there.
Home is a desire for all of us. It is a common desire of humans
everywhere. Home is where we are safe. Home is where our loved ones
are. Home is where we find our rest at the end of a long and hard
day. Home is the place where our fears can be put to rest as we seek out
the comfort of our friendly surroundings.
This is why Scriptures spends so much time describing heaven as home for
us. In our verse, we read where out citizenship is in heaven. In
the Gospel of John, we read where Jesus is going to his Father’s house to
prepare a place for us. When Stephen was being stoned in the Book of
Acts, he saw heaven open up and invite him home. Home is a place for us
to look forward to in our faith life as well. Home is where we long to
be; it is where we are safe from the perils of the world. It is where our
loved ones are. Home is where we are safe in the arms of our loving
Father.
It is a place to look forward to. It is a place that we can look to at
times of trouble and at times of peril. We can look to it as the place
where, at the end of a long, hard day; we will have rest. It is where we
can lay our head upon the lap of our loving Savior and rest. It is where
the loving arms of our heavenly family waits to comfort us.
So, as we live in this world and we struggle with some of the challenges that
this world will throw at us, we can look forward to our heavenly home. It
is always an amazing experience to listen to those who are in the final hours of
their life here on earth and they are quietly looking forward to going
home. This is the comfort that we can take in this truth. Heaven
truly is our home and we can look forward to our home to come.
Father
of grace, our home is with you and we look forward to living with you.
Until we do, give us the certainty of our place with you. Give us the
certainty of knowing that our future is secure with you. Guard us with
your Word. In Jesus’ precious name we pray, amen
God’s
Peace,
Pastor
Bret
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