Word for the Week

Never quite fitting in

Week beginning: 18th August, 2019 | By Pete Thompson | London

For, as I have often told you before and now tell you again even with tears, many live as enemies of the cross of Christ. Their destiny is destruction, their god is their stomach, and the glory is in their shame. Their mind is set on earthly things. But out citizenship is in heaven. And we eagerly await a Saviour from there, the Lord Jesus Christ, who, 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.

Philippians 3:8-21 (NIVUK)

Do we feel at home in our office or workplace? Do we feel like we really belong there? Well, if the answer is no, then that could be a sign of health for our spiritual state. Paul explains here that our citizenship is in heaven, meaning we are just p