Topic: The Best Address Ever [Wednesday April 13, 2016]
Text: Psalm 87:1-7
Key Verse: “The LORD shall count, when he writeth up the people, that this man was born there” (Psalm 87:6).
Your address often says so much about you. It gives an indication of your social standing – your status in the society. An illustrious post code attracts respect and confers recognition. Indeed, it is an honour to be identified with the best in society because of your address.
A greater honor awaits those who have an heritage in God’s holy mountains, also known as Zion. God Himself loves the city, and considers it incomparable to anything on earth. It is a glorious place. It is enough that you are identified with the city. The earth has had some of the greatest cities and nations. In their own right, they were magnificent; they were an expression of ultimate glamour and power on earth. Such were Babylon, Philistia, Tyre and Ethiopia. In Bible days, they were centers of political power and influence, commerce and enterprise, trade and industry.
On their own, they represented the best that man can build. But they were nothing compared to Zion, the new Jerusalem, the heavenly city of God. The almighty God alone will take a head count of those to inhabit that city, write their names in the Book of Life, and grant them the pleasure of a life of joy and bliss all through eternity. You should desire a place in this future community of believers from all ages. However, not everyone who desires it shall be granted residency in this heavenly city. Those to be admitted into the city must first be cleansed from all their sinful characters and conducts by the blood of Jesus Christ.
He is the Lamb of God that takes away the sin of the world. Nothing else – good works and deeds, human strength and discipline, mere religious piety – will do. You must turn from your sinful ways, accept the price paid for your sin by Jesus Christ, and be born again. Then you have a post code to envy in all eternity.
Thought for the day: A place is prepared in heaven for only prepared people.
Bible Reading in one Year: Acts 13-14
DCLM Daily Manna was written by Pastor William Folorunso Kumuyi; is the founder and General Superintendent of the Deeper Life Bible Church situated at KM 42 on the busy Lagos-Ibadan Expressway, Nigeria.
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