Thoughts
on Michael Wells’ teachings in My Weakness for His Strength - # 165
Michael’s book is
available through:
Abiding Life Ministries
International
Littleton, Colorado
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Next
week I will be travelling to Africa on a mission trip. One of the first things on my “trip list” is “Passport”…a
reminder to make sure I take my Passport with me. It is a “must have” in my possession item to
enter the country I am going to. It
tells all that I am a citizen of the United States. It lists certain information, and it gives me
certain travelling privileges. Beautiful.
Along
with my American Passport, I possess and will carry with me another “Passport”…my
Heavenly Passport declaring I am a citizen of Heaven, a child of God. It signifies MUCH MORE than my American
Passport.
Michael
traveled all over the world…numerous countries, numerous times. He got certain privileges because of his
Heavenly Passport. I long to see the
privileges mine gives me! It has been a
few years since I last used it in another country than America. I recall a number of times it provided more
than the world could offer.
(be
sure and watch for a report of what my Heavenly Passport provided in 3 weeks)
DAY 255
The
American Passport
For our citizenship is in heaven, from
which also we eagerly wait for a Savior, the Lord Jesus Christ.
--Philippians 3:20
The
American passport is the most unique travel document in the world. Every other
passport is the possession of the holder, but the U.S. passport always remains
the property of the United States government. The holder does not own it, but
rather it owns him and proclaims that the traveler is the property of the
United States government. If other countries fully understood the position the
U.S. government has taken concerning its citizens, they might allow no
Americans to come in, because in a sense, America comes in with all of those
individuals considered to be her property, and wherever that citizen stands is
now possessed, in a sense, by the United States. Therefore, when an American
traveler is detained or held hostage, the government has a moral and legal
right to come and get their property, and they do come! This is why the
Americans were among the first released from the Japanese embassy takeover in
Peru years ago; the terrorists did not want the hassle. The American is by
definition, then, an embassy, for wherever he is standing, that soil
immediately under his feet is considered American. Because of this position,
the American is always in a safe place supported by a force much greater than
him.
Christianity
has rightly been described as a “much more” gospel, for what it gives is always
much more! Our
citizenship, our passport, our protection, and our representation are much more
than the world can conceive of or offer. Wherever we go, we stand in Christ. In Him, we are more than
conquerors. In Him
everything is given to us. We are His possession. To let the Christian into a business or home is to let in Christ.
I enjoy the concept of American citizenship, but I love the power and reality
of a heavenly citizenship. Wherever
the believer stands is a safe place, with a force much greater than himself
behind him.
Yellow – VIP, Very Important Point Green
– IT, Incredible Truth
Red – GP, Greatest Promises
Turquoise – UR, Unfathomable Riches Pink
– PV, Priceless Victory
Michael travelled so much. Few
will ever experience the extent of what he mentions here. His words should bring great comfort to all
who travel to a country other than their own…for “wherever we go, we stand in
Christ.” Amen!
Take a few moments and fully realize all that we have in Christ, whether
at home or in a different country. Soak
on each and every testimony of what our Heavenly Citizenship brings to our life
as Christians!
I will think of Michael as I enter Africa, and share the message of “there
is nothing the nearness of Christ cannot cure/overcome/etc.”
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