We All Want to Go Home

Lately, I have (unashamedly) been reading The Wizard of Oz by L. Frank Baum. Most are familiar with the story. Dorothy, a young female from Kansas, is swept away by a tornado to the Land of Oz. There, she is tasked with traveling to see the Wizard of Oz, as he is the only person who can send her back home. Along the way, she befriends a number of characters such as: the Scarecrow, Tin Man, and Cowardly Lion. Each continued to travel with her until she is able to find her way back to Kansas. All throughout the story Dorothy wants to find her way home.

We all long for home. It does not matter where we travel or how much we enjoy the trip, we ultimately find great joy in being home. There is nothing like your warm bed. And Christians, much like Dorothy, long for the day that they may find themselves home. Where is the home for a Christian? “But our citizenship is in heaven, and from it 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” (Phil. 3:20-21; ESV). Notice where the Christian’s citizenship is held! Christians should be longing to one day find themselves in Heaven. It is there where our Savior reigns. It is there where our bodies will not be like they are now. Glorious, immortal bodies will be given to those who hold a citizenship in Heaven. Heaven is the Christian’s eternal home.

Is your citizenship in Heaven? If not, obey the gospel of Christ today (Acts 2:38) before it is eternally too late. This world cannot contain the joys found in Heaven. One day, like Dorothy, we can find ourselves in that wonderful abode.