We await a Savior, the Lord Jesus Christ, who will transform our lowly body to be like his glorious body, by the power that enables him even to subject all things to himself. (Philippians 3.20-21)

The mighty empires of Roman and Babylon that stretched beyond the horizon fell. The British empire enjoyed an epoch when the sun did not set on it’s global holdings but dusk came all the same. As great as our countries may be they will eventually fail. This can cause us discomfort because the physical security and comfort we are experiencing now blinds our eyes to the greater comfort of heaven. For the church living in collapsing kingdoms and totalitarian dictatorships the hope in our celestial citizenship is deeply important. We are not dedicated for destruction, we have been bought with a price and in spite what happens here and now, we hold firmly to the hope we will be made new by Jesus, our Savior and Lord.

We cannot bring ourselves to envy the creature comforts of the lost because in their decadence and greed they are setting themselves for eternal destruction. Rather than envy them we weep for them. Jesus speaks transformation over our lives. On that day when we pass from this life to the next we will see Him as He is and He shall cloth us in His glory. What an incredible joy to know that the best we could ever experience here could only be considered the worst heaven has to offer. We shall rejoice with glorified bodies in the very presence of Jesus on that far side of eternity.

Jesus, thank you for setting my eyes on you and letting me see that all my hope has its foundation in You. You will remake my lowly body to be like Your glorious and everlasting body.