Philippians 3: 18-21
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18For, as I have often told you before and now say again even with tears, many live as enemies of the cross of Christ. 19Their destiny is destruction, their god is their stomach, and their glory is in their shame. Their mind is on earthly things. 20But our citizenship is in heaven. And we eagerly await a Savior from there, the Lord Jesus Christ, 21who, by the power that enables him to bring everything under his control, will transform our lowly bodies so that they will be like his glorious body.
If your God is really your stomach, does that mean my God is bigger than yours? Sorry, I couldn't resist... Nevermind... Anyways... If you've ever gone on vacation for a period of time you know that eventually your thoughts turn towards home. I doesn't matter how much fun you're having, you start to miss your friends, or your routine, or your Wii. When Tiffanney and I got married we went to Hawaii for our Honeymoon. It was glorious! We had so much fun there, laying on the beach, then swimming in the ocean, then swimming in the pool, then laying next to the pool, it was one of the coolest things I've ever done. But something strange happened around day four or five. We found ourselves longing for home. That's right, we wanted to leave HAWAII and return to rainy, dreary, cloudy Washington! (We've vowed that when we go back, we won't make that same mistake, lol).
If you are a Christian the Bible says that you are born again and that you become a citizen of Heaven! And as a citizen of Heaven we should be focused on that eternal prize, rather than on food, pleasure or any of the other things that so often sidetrack us. So forget those things today and try to live life looking towards the prize!
-Jeff-
