Last week we learned more about who
we truly are in the spirit. Our spirit has been born again and this
new creation is holy, righteous and blameless in God's sight. We
are truly His children, made in His image. He is our Father and He
expects us to behave like He would. We are therefore perfect in our
spirit, in who He recreated us to be, now we need to start behaving
like the real person that we are. Our soul needs to realign with
what the Word says is true about us.
We are His children and therefore
we can approach His throne with boldness and confidence, knowing
that He would accept and welcome us. We are part of His Kingdom; we
are citizens of His Kingdom. Let us look at two Scriptures
confirming this:
"Now, therefore, you are no
longer strangers and foreigners, but fellow
citizens with the saints and members of the household of
God." Ephesians 2:19
"For our citizenship is
in heaven, from which we also eagerly wait for the
Saviour, the Lord Jesus Christ, Who will transform our lowly body
that it may be conformed to His glorious body." Philippians 3:20,
21
You are a citizen of heaven, a
citizen of the household of God. Now what does this practically
mean for you? To be a citizen means that you have legal rights such
as the right of speech, the right to bear arms etc. It also means
that you are part of a political community and that you can vote
for your government. But even more than that, you are a
representative of your country. Every country has its own cultural
ideal. It has its own moral principles, values and it does things
in a unique way. A lot of times when you travel overseas, you can
guess from which country several tourists come from and you would
mostly be right. Their mannerism, way of speaking, eating etc gives
away where they are from. We truly live in a unique world.
And the same should be said about
you as a citizen of Heaven. As a citizen of His Kingdom, certain
mannerisms, way of speaking and acting should characterise you. If
people look at you, they should immediately know that you are a
Christian. They should see the characteristics of a loving God, Who
is morally upright, Who is caring and just. They should see Him in
you, because you are portraying His Kingdom. Are you a good
representative? Just look at earthly representatives of products.
Would you buy coughing medicine from someone who coughs all the
time? Would you buy beauty products from someone who looks as if
they haven't had a bath in ages? Would you listen to financial
advice from someone who is constantly broke? Of course not! And yet
we tell people about Christ, but we do not show Him to people, we
don't live as He would have and that is sad. We should draw people
closer to Him, not push them away.
We are citizens of His Kingdom and
that also means that we live with the benefits of the Kingdom. For
example if you are a US citizen, its army and police will protect
you, you have access to schools, you have access to medical care,
to roads and infrastructure. The same is true of His Kingdom. We
have protection from His army, we have access to knowledge and
wisdom, we have access to the best medical care in the universe and
we have access to the roads and infrastructure that we should take.
We have access to it all. Isn't it wonderful? It is really
something worth celebrating!
We are all part of an
anti-corruption Government that will never disappoint us, that will
never deceive us, that will never steal our money. We are part of a
Government that truly have our best interest in mind, a Government
that will organise the whole universe to allow things to work out
for our good. We have the best Government that anyone can ever ask
for! The only question is, under whose government are you living?
Sit back and truly think about this. You can be a Christian, but
still be under a different day to day government. Maybe the time
has come to change governments, you will never be sorry.
Thank you Father for Your wonderful
Kingdom that we can be a part of. Thank you that we can be a
citizen and that we can enjoy all the benefits of it. You are so
wonderful. We look forward to moving as part of Your Kingdom.
Amen