Our Hometown

Our Hometown

For our citizenship is in heaven, from which we also eagerly wait for the Savior, the Lord Jesus Christ,

Philippians 3:20

The Apostle Paul lived very practically and realistically upon the earth. He did not suffer delusions regarding the true nature of humanity and all the circumstances that come as the result of total depravity. Paul rightly understood that although he lived in the world, he was not at home here. As he reasoned with the Philippians regarding what is important, he arrived at the conclusion which serves as our text for today. While Paul was realistic about earthly things, he was also realistic about Heavenly things. This world was not Paul’s home, nor is it our home. Therefore he says. ‘For our citizenship is in heaven….’  The chief value of heaven is Christ. Paul was not so much captivated by the prospect of a perfect environment as he was captivated by the Person of Christ. It is Christ Who makes heaven our hometown. We look forward to heaven because Christ is there. We look forward to Him coming to take us there. We will never be truly at home here. Every day that passes is one step closer to going home. Christ is already there, ‘ever living to make intercession for us.’ We sojourn here for a little while longer, living in the pup-tents of our earthly bodies. With eyes of faith we look beyond this scene of time and see the hometown from which Christ will come for us.

Our Gracious Master and our God,
we rejoice that wherever You are is home for us.
We praise You that we can look forward to
a glorious eternity in Your Presence.

Tomm Tice
Where the Bush was Burning