Where Do You Really Belong? Try this place!

 

In the headlines, legal battles rage over birthright citizenship for children of undocumented immigrants—an issue stirring deep divisions in the courts and across kitchen tables nationwide. Some argue for tradition, others for reform. But beneath the noise lies a quieter question few dare to ask: What really makes someone a citizen?  

Well, what do you think about types of citizenship?  You see...

...we wrestle with laws written in ink, interpreted by judges, and debated by talking heads. We wonder what it means to belong—who is in, who is out, and who decides. But what if we’ve been asking the wrong citizenship question all along?

There’s another kind of citizenship. One that doesn’t depend on where you were born or what documents you carry. One not granted by government, but offered by grace.

“But our citizenship is in heaven. And from it we await a Savior, the Lord Jesus Christ.” — Philippians 3:20

Unlike earthly passports, heavenly citizenship isn’t inherited through ancestry or secured through litigation. It’s received by faith. It comes when we align our hearts with a King who rules not from a capital city but from a cross.

But here's the tension: we often fight fiercely for rights down here while neglecting the one birthright that matters most up there. We defend our legal identities yet ignore our spiritual inheritance. Could it be that while striving to belong here, we’ve overlooked the eternal invitation waiting for us?

Jesus once said, “I go to prepare a place for you” (John 14:2). Not a courtroom. A home. A kingdom. A future. He didn’t die to secure a visa. He died to adopt us as sons and daughters—full citizens of heaven.

So the real question isn’t, “Do I have legal status?” but “Have I accepted the status Christ offers me?” Have you claimed the identity that matters most?

If heaven had a border checkpoint, what would you present? Good deeds? Church attendance? Birthplace?

Or would you simply say, “I follow the Lamb who was slain. My name is in His Book”?

Let today be more than a civics debate. Let it be a spiritual audit.

Have you certified your citizenship in heaven?
Are you living like someone whose ultimate home is not here?

The courts may be divided—but the cross made a way.
So... where do you really belong?