Heavenly Citizen

"...Who set their mind on earthly things, for our citizenship is in Heaven from which we also eagerly await the Savior, the Lord Jesus Christ." Philippians 3:19b-20

Citizen
Leeann Howard

A citizen is a person born of a land
A land to which, perhaps, a return is planned
Or is it where one’s heart does lie?
A country for which a man would gladly die?

Some belong to the great U.S.A.
And others like in the lands of the U.K
All across the world men do say;
“I pledge allegiance to such and such this day.”

Officially I’m a citizen of the United States.
But really such a term is constrained by finite dates.
I was born in this country and it is likely where I will die
But soon after, homeward I’ll fly!

You see; I’m just a traveler passing through.
I will someday go home; would you like to come with, too?
My earthly citizenship is just a visa
For Heaven is my home, and Jesus is my King.

For Christ I will live and for Christ I will die
For indeed He is my Commander in Chief on high;
For from the time when I was saved,
God’s Kingdom is where my true citizenship has been engraved.