Daily Devotional

HEAVEN IS GOD’S JOY TO YOU AS A GIFT

October 11

eloved, I want you to think about heaven for a few minutes. It is a real place! Your Heavenly Father planned His heaven to be your reward after you have “fought the good fight, and finished the course and have kept the faith.” (II Timothy 4:7) Every stream of water in heaven is pure and sweet. You will be able to quench your thirst in crystal clear clean water. The wind of heaven is constantly, gently blowing from different directions. You will be able to lift your head and enjoy the fragrances brought to you by heaven’s gentle breezes. From afar those breezes will pass over the blossoms of spring time with their aromas that are so sweet and invigorating that they will just about take your breath away! You will sometimes choose to lie down in green pastures on tufts of grass. Just for you I will make nature hush so that you will be able to rest near a forest that has fresh smells like just those after a gentle cooling rain. No one will disturb you! It will be just your own “secret” place. Don’t you know that you are special to me? I love you. I planned heaven just for you and your friends and family. O yes, what about your family? You won’t ever be alone in heaven unless you just want to be. You will be visited and be able to visit your loved ones who were on the earth before you. Line after line of happy smiling faces will welcome you with words like, “We were shouting on the day that you left the earth to come here to be with us! You are truly and finally at home where you belong!” No evil thing will ever be able to touch you or afflict you again throughout eternity! You will begin the day with shouting and rejoicing in the very presence of the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit! You will soon forget the darkness that attacked your life on the earth. Those memories will be replaced with the joy that you will be experiencing here in heaven. Also, I will put you in the right place on the days that your loved-ones cross over here into heaven so that you can greet them. After meeting the Lord Jesus, they will see you in the distance and run to you in great joy and leap upon you hugging you and laughing! What about it, is it worth the effort to be clean and holy on the earth so that you will inherit eternal life and forever be with your Lord? Be strong, be vigilant, a little while in the future and the rewards of your salvation and faithfulness to me will be greatly and eternally repaid. I love you my child!

Prayer

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Father, now I know why the Bible says, “Eye hath not seen, nor ear heard, neither have entered the heart of men the things that God hath prepared for those who love Him!” (I Corinthians 2:9) I am going to Heaven Father! And, my one prayer toward you is that I may be given the power and love and strength to grab as many of the lost as I can and if need be to drag them in there with me! Get ready Father, in just a few more days I will leap across the River of Life into the arms of my glorious Lord and Savior. In Jesus’ name I praise you forever, amen!