Jake told me today that he wants to go to heaven. He said, I want to go to heaven to be with Jesus and give him a biiiig hug. I said o'ya?
He said 'good fish go to heaven and bad fish go to hail'(hell), 'so I want to be a good fish and go be with Jesus' (Matthew 13:47-49).
I thought to myself... everyone wants to go to heaven, even the devil wants to go to heaven but does not want to submit to God. Only those who love and obey God and submitt to his athourity, will (John 14:21). Then I thought... Why do people want to go to heaven? Heaven is a place to stay in the presents of God and worship Him always. A place to stay and gather with others that love Him. If people don't want to do that on this planet and this life... why would they want to do it for all eternity?
I thank God, that even at two years old Jake loves and wants to be with Jesus, now and for eternity. Our prayer for him and the prayer at his dedication was that he may never know a day that he didn't know and love Jesus. We can now see that prayer is already being answered. Thank you God for your word, the ability to pray and for answered prayers.
Such a cute story! I think what people are really saying when they say they want heaven is that they DON'T want hell. I also think we have an incorrect vision of what heaven is.
ReplyDeleteBut when you think about what we will be doing there, worshiping God, the whole "on earth as it is in heaven" phrase takes a different meaning. As christians we should be doing exactly here what we will be doing there...worshiping our one true and deserving God.