On July 1 citizens of Canada celebrate Canada Day. It is also a special day for many immigrant residents who have chosen to obtain Canadian Citizenship and are now entitled to hold a Canadian passport and all the benefits which are included with that. Many citizens gather with other members of their community to celebrate this annual occasion.
Distribute the land as an allotment for yourselves and for the foreigners who have joined you and are raising their families among you. (Ezekiel 47:22a NLT)
Most of us who are going through or have been through recovery programs have a great deal to celebrate today. We have chosen to give our will and lives over to the care of God and by so doing we have become citizens of the Kingdom of Heaven where God reigns. Jesus tells us that there is a great celebration in Heaven over one person who repents of their wrongdoing and turns to the God who created them. God promises us life forevermore in His Kingdom.
In the same way, there is more joy in heaven over one lost sinner who repents and returns to God than over ninety-nine others who are righteous and haven’t strayed away. (Luke 15:7 NLT)
Choosing to become a legal citizen of a country entitles that person to the protection and benefits that the government has established for that country’s citizens. Becoming a citizen of the Kingdom of Heaven also has many benefits and entitles us to the protection of God and the fulfillment of all the promises that God has made to us as recorded in the Bible.
But we are citizens of heaven, where the Lord Jesus Christ lives. And we are eagerly waiting for him to return as our Saviour. For all of God’s promises have been fulfilled in Christ with a resounding “Yes!” And through Christ, our “Amen” (which means “Yes”) ascends to God for his glory. (Philippians 3:20, 2 Corinthians 1:20 NLT)
Let’s celebrate this 1st day of July and think about our eternal security as citizens of the Kingdom of Heaven.
Heavenly Father, Thank You for caring for me and establishing my citizenship in the Kingdom of Heaven. I am forever grateful that through Jesus my inheritance with You has been established and is forever secure. Amen
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