Wednesday, August 6, 2008

HAVE YOU SEEN, HEARD OR IMAGINED IT?

1 CORINTHIANS 2:9

"No eye has seen, no ear has heard, and no mind has imagined what God has prepared for those who love Him."

All believers at one time or another wonder what heaven will be like. We only have one frame of reference and that is this imperfect world, filled with sin and death and disease. Where we live there is never any peace and there is no perfection. So how could we ever be able to see what heaven would look like? How can we ever hear the harmony that is in the eternal perfection? Can we even imagine what God has prepared for us? He promises us each a mansion, what is it like? The truth is that we will not be able to ever find the answer to these questions until we enter the heavenly kingdom and are present with the Lord.

God tells us that it has not even entered our heart what He has prepared and keeps ready for us. If you hold him in affection and reverence and promptly obey Him out of love you will share in these benefits that He promises. God will save us from this world and take us out of our sentence of death and give us eternal life. To be absent from our bodies will be to be present with the Lord. At that time we will see, hear and not have to imagine what Heaven is like for we will be there. Is this promise real to you? Can you hardly wait to get to heaven? If you knew what was awaiting you the answer would be clear. Maranatha Lord Jesus!