Sometimes I am wondering what it would be like if all born again believers would wait for the Second Coming of the Lord Jesus Christ as we are waiting sometimes for a tradesman to come. (For a plumber for example to fix a leak!)

“Only have 10% deposit?”

“Only have 10% deposit?”

That is the question on the front page of the brochure I picked up at the local Post Office and I want to answer that question.

Underneath the question readers are encouraged with this sentence, “Think outside the box with Kiwibank and you could get into your first home.”

My answer to the above question is, “No, I don’t think I have 10% deposit.”

But here is what I have:

I have a home which the greatest Builder of the universe has been building for me. My home will never need to be repaired. (The house I am living in now has a leaking water pipe at the moment and I am waiting for the plumber to come and repair the pipe.) My home cannot be destroyed by floods and by fire.

My dwelling stands in a land where no evil person can enter and no bolts will ever be needed for its doors.

My home is in the city of gold!

Now I have told you about my last home, my eternal home.

Nobody asked for a deposit for my last and final home, not even 10%. I did not buy my last home. It was given to me free of charge.

But the Lord Jesus Christ bought it for me at a tremendous  sacrifice.