Living for eternity

For our citizenship is in heaven, from which we also eagerly wait for the Savior, the Lord Jesus Christ. (Philippians 3:20 NKJV)

 Our true citizenship isn’t on earth. God’s Word says, “But what things were gain to me, these I counted loss for Christ.” Paul was saying that all things were just nothing, he counted them loss! They weren’t worth anything compared to what he received in the Lord Jesus Christ.
 Our attitude as a citizen of heaven is to be detached from this world, not attached to it. Not to be conformed to this world, though we be well informed in some ways, but we are to be transformed by our living in the things that are eternal, and in the presence of the Lord Jesus Christ, and living upon His Word.
 We must have a deep realization that we are living for eternity and not for time, and our heavenly citizenship can never be put in a secondary place.
 Can you trust that in the Lord Jesus Christ you can have a supply of His strength and His power and His wisdom, to play an active role in His service and in the affairs of the heavenly kingdom where your real citizenship is?—Virginia Brandt Berg [1]

Christ alone is the ground of our acceptance with God and the goal of our heart’s desire. He is our righteousness and our reward. —John Piper

[1] ] Anchor Counting It All as Loss