Hope in Another Country

Some years ago, as I prayed for my nation, I found myself beginning to thank God for hope in another Country, for that Home where there are no more tears or dying. It was sort of surprising. I was supposed to be praying for God’s mercy to prevail in my nation, for God to deliver us from evil, and there I was praising God for my future Country.

While I trust that my nation will come out of darkness and that God’s light will shine in it, I have come to learn that we cannot have the life we long for here on this earth. There is nowhere here on earth, no country that is without troubles. Often, we hear news of mass shootings, killer floods, tsunamis, hurricanes, wars here and there, etc. And it seems like it gets worse every day. So, I understand why God led me to praise Him that day for the place He has prepared for us over there. God knows that this present world would get to this deteriorated state; that it is a place where the fullness of who God is cannot be maximally expressed. He knows that sin messed up things so badly and as Paul puts it in Romans 8:21-22, even “All creation has been groaning as in the pains of childbirth right up to the present time” and that “with eager hope, the creation looks forward to the day when it will join God’s children in glorious freedom from death and decay.” God knows all this. And because He knows that we cannot completely be who He created us to be here on this earth, He made plans to create a new earth. This one will pass away. All things will be completely under God’s control, exactly as He wants things to be. Jesus Himself will be the King of that new Country, and believers will be rulers of cities in that Country. There will be no more dying, no more wars, no more tears. There won’t even be the need for the sun or the moon; God Himself will be our light. It will indeed be a glorious city. It is certainly a place to look forward to. And that’s why God led me to praise Him.

So, if you are a believer and like me, you are sick and tired of what’s going on around you. You want to run away and you are not sure where to; I have good news for you. This too shall pass. It may take a while. But it will. There is a Home in a better place. There is Hope for a better life where we will live exactly as God designed it. However, while we wait, we can keep on living for Christ here – to live is Christ (Philippians 1:21). You can relocate to any country on this earth. But always live knowing that wherever you are is not your final destination. Your true Home is that future Country (Philippians 3:20).

For those who are not Christians, Jesus desires that you would partake in that perfect Country too. But for that to happen, you must have Him as your Lord and Saviour right now, while you still have breath. Jesus died to deliver you from the power of darkness, and if you would only come to Him, surrender your all to Him, believe in your heart and confess with your mouth that Jesus is Lord, you shall be saved. Yes! it’s as simple as that. There is hope of a better life ONLY in Jesus.

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REVELATION 21:1-8

Now I saw a new heaven and a new earth, for the first heaven and the first earth had passed away. Also there was no more sea.

Then I, John, saw the holy city, New Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband.

And I heard a loud voice from heaven saying, “Behold, the tabernacle of God is with men, and He will dwell with them, and they shall be His people. God Himself will be with them and be their God.

And God will wipe away every tear from their eyes; there shall be no more death, nor sorrow, nor crying. There shall be no more pain, for the former things have passed away.”

Then He who sat on the throne said, “Behold, I make all things new.” And He said [b]to me, “Write, for these words are true and faithful.”

And He said to me, “It is done! I am the Alpha and the Omega, the Beginning and the End. I will give of the fountain of the water of life freely to him who thirsts.

He who overcomes shall inherit all things, and I will be his God and he shall be My son.

But the cowardly, unbelieving, abominable, murderers, sexually immoral, sorcerers, idolaters, and all liars shall have their part in the lake which burns with fire and brimstone, which is the second death.”