Our Salvation

Our citizenship is in heaven.
Philippians 3:20

Bless the days of our lives, O Lord, that each day may indeed bring us closer to heaven. Forgive us our sins, and guide us on our way. Help us to appreciate the fact of our heavenly citizenship and to rejoice in your salvation.

During his lifetime Abraham lived in tents and led his herds across Canaan. He had no permanent home, nor did he own any land except for the family burial plot He was stranger, a foreigner, in the land which lived. Nevertheless God promise him that one day his descendants would call the whole land of Canaan their possession and their home
Citizen of heaven are also strangers and outsiders in this world. Here we have no lasting home. Indeed, we are warned not to make too much of things of this world nor to set our hearts upon them. For we have been promised an inheritance far richer and better than anything in this world. As believers in Christ and citizens of heaven, we will have a new heaven and new earth for our home. We walk now on the street of gold. through gates of pearls in the Paradise of God.
We look forward to our homecoming. Each day here brings us one day closer to it. Still we have to be on our guard. For each day also threatens to overwhelm us with its cares and temptations. But we are not alone. Our Lord Jesus is present with us in his word and sacraments. He assures  reassures us that we are the children of of God, and that our name  have been written in the Book of life. Each day we can turn to his word for strength and encouragement. Each day through heavenward and show us how we are to lives as citizen of heaven here on earth. Without the word of God we would soon become discouraged and lose our way. But with its message in our hearts, we are encouraged to look forward and sing his song our salvation