We don’t read a lot about the specifics of Heaven in the Bible. For a long time I wished there was more. I believe many people have leached onto the world we live in today because they picture Heaven as being boring. With the picture many people have painted in the past I can see why.
There is one thing we can count on.
1 Corinthians 2:9 – 9 However, as it is written:
“What no eye has seen,
what no ear has heard,
and what no human mind has conceived”—
the things God has prepared for those who love him—
Paul is letting us know that Heaven is going to be so great that we can’t even fathom it. I take Paul at his word. I have no doubt he is right. As stated in an earlier post, the Lord gave me a special gift just to remember my emotions after being shown something in a dream that He shared with me. I wasn’t allowed to remember what I saw, just how I felt about what I saw.
Heaven is the destination. It is a reward for those who love the Lord and have accepted the Lord’s sacrifice to wash them clean.
I do believe the reason, and this is just my opinion, we aren’t told more about Heaven is because we are to first love God. We aren’t supposed to love Heaven and forget God.
Imagine that there is a guy throwing a party and lots of people attend. They can’t stand him, but he sure throws a great party and has a nice place.
You see we aren’t supposed to fall in love what with God gives us, were supposed to fall in love with God and Jesus themselves. The reward is for those who love Him.
Look how many pleasure driven people we have on earth. Not hard to imagine this generation falling in love with the reward not God.
I remember not all that long ago that I hope Heaven was like………this and that.
Now I know that God knows me better than I know myself. He is going have Heaven exactly the way it’s supposed to be. He made my likes and dislikes. He made my emotions. I don’t have to dwell on the prize, I need to dwell and serve the one who will be thrilled to share it with those who love Him.
Serve Him and honor Him on this earth while you still can. No putting the cart before the horse. Focus on loving the King, not the inheritance.