Where do you call home? Do you claim the United States as home? Perhaps you truly enjoy your hometown? Maybe for you home is limited to the house you dwell in with your family? On the surface the best answer might seem obvious, but it is not so plain for many who profess Christianity.

The apostle Paul reminds us, “For our citizenship is in heaven, from which we eagerly wait for the Savior, the Lord Jesus Christ…” (Philippians 3:20). A Christian’s home is not on earth. A Christian’s home is in heaven!

The problem is that too many Christians live like this world is their home. Rather than allowing themselves to be transformed into the image of Him who redeemed us from our sin (Romans 8:29; 2 Corinthians 3:18), the Lord’s people are taking on more of the characteristics of this world. We have adopted many of the sinful aspects of American culture—this world’s standards. Instead of living like souls who are on a journey, we live like souls who have set up homesteads and are ready to stay for the long haul.

There should be a marked difference in one who is just traveling through, in contrast to one who has decided that this really is home. As a tourist typically sticks out in a crowd of locals, so should Christians stand out in this world. Christians are sojourners and pilgrims (1 Peter 2:11). Christians do not love this world or the things of this world (1 John 2:15). Christians are not to be conformed to this world (Romans 12:2). Christians are to be special people, peculiar, and zealous for good works (Titus 2:14; 1 Peter 2:9). 

There is truly no place like home. The challenge before us is to possess the right perspective in our hearts of home and live like where we belong.