Ascension Day

It's Ascension Day today and Jonny Woodrow and Tim Chester's little book, "The Ascension: Humanity in the Presence of God" has really inspired me to pay much greater attention to this much neglected doctrine.   

Here's a great quote.....

The Ascension reminds us that our citizenship is in heaven, our inheritance is in heaven, our treasure is in heaven and our saviour is in heaven. Everything we have of real value is in heaven. Why would we lay up treasure on earth when we can lay up eternal treasure in heaven? 

The Ascension, therefore, impacts our lifestyle decisions: the things we buy, the clothes we wear, the cars we drive, the holidays we take.   All will be shaped by the Ascension. 

What's more, our heavenly treasure is secure. So we can take risks with our property, our salary and pensions - not because God guarantees to prevent bad things happening in our lives on earth, but because everything we have of real value is in heaven and it is there fore secure.