...to believe we'll be with the Lord forever,
isn't it?
But the Bible says so.
And so all our suffering is worth it,
as the Apostle Paul writes.
The sufferings of the present time are slight
and momentary and short-lived.
They are not worth comparing with the immeasurable
glory of heaven.
They actually create for us glory and joy
beyond all compare, for all eternity.
What tremendous power lies in the message of
heaven for someone in pain or at death's
door.
Not for nothing the Bible tells us to
set our minds on heaven, the things that
are above.
Heaven is our real home.
These few years on earth, you can count
the decades on your fingers, are soon over.
Hardly anyone lives to be over a hundred.
Our time on earth passes by so quickly.
Some may live to be 70, others 80
or 90, and then it's all over.
And the question is, what did my life
bring me?
Eternity lasts forever.
Where will I be then?
What kind of dwelling place will I have?
Will I see Jesus?
Will I taste the glory which comes from
suffering and affliction, and which the Lord Jesus
always spoke of?
Where will I be then?
When we ask ourselves this, may our reply
be, Oh, heaven, that's where I want to
be.
That's where real life will begin, and not
in the kingdom of death or in hell.
Every morning when I thank Jesus for going
to Calvary for us, I close with, and
your sufferings opened up heaven for me.
Heaven awaits us.
The Lord Jesus awaits us above.
How He waits for the coming of a
soul who loves Him, and whom He has
chosen and loves.
And what a glorious homecoming that will be.
Then we won't just stand before the gates
of heaven.
They will swing open.
Angels will be there, and if we have
the honor, and this is something none of
us can know for sure, of being received
by Jesus Himself at the gates of heaven,
it will be too wonderful for words.
And we'll say, Now I am home.