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Pastor's Corner
(Can’t Wait to Get Home)
Philippians 3:20 – “For our citizenship is in heaven, from which we also eagerly wait for the Savior, the Lord Jesus Christ.”
My wife and I have just returned from a trip to New Zealand and Australia. Altogether we took seven flights beginning in Sacramento. Total flight and transit hours were roughly twenty six. The long haul across the Pacific Ocean from Los Angeles to Australia is a fourteen hour plane ride. After flying that many times on one trip you begin to notice things that people do on the plane and at the airports. For instance, those who fly a lot may remember this statement made by flight attendants: “Please remain seated with your seatbelts fastened until the plane has come to a complete stop.” What I have noticed is that no one pays attention to that announcement. After the seatbelts come loose, they’re out on the aisles waiting to walk out. Why? It’s an obvious answer…because there’s no place like home and people are anxious to get home. They just want to get out of that plane, and get home to their loved ones. No one is in there going, ‘Wait a minute, let me stay on here for a few more hours because the food is good here and the seats are comfy. No, they want to get out and get home.
I wonder how eager and anxious we are to get to our heavenly home? If we are eager to get to our heavenly home, why then does it seem like sometimes we are clutching to our seats here in this world? Why does it seem like we’re enjoying this world so much that we don’t have time for the things pertaining to our heavenly home? Are we really anxious to get to our heavenly home?
One of the reasons we missed home so much this time was our grandson. We both couldn’t wait to see him so we told Jennifer to bring him to the airport with her. It was a good feeling to come down the escalator and seeing him there waiting for us. Friends, the best thing about heaven is that we finally get to see Jesus and rest assured He is there waiting for us.
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~ by Pastor Fred Toailoa