He’s past friendship. Your debt is to the living.”
–Jack Shaefer (Shane)
“But Jesus told him, ‘Let the spiritually dead bury their own dead! Your duty is to go and preach about the Kingdom of God.'”
–Luke 9:60 (NLT)
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This old hymn has been running through my mind for about a week now. It is really what all Christians should be doing and singing, especially in this days. With all the fear, toil, terror, and chaos do we really believe that we are on our way to Heaven?
“I am on my way to Heaven where the saints are robed in white
Shouting glory, shouting glory!
To that blessed land immortal where can never come the night,
Shouting glory all the way!”
–Herbert J. Lacey
I don’t know if everyone is ready to go to Heaven; they are having too much fun down here, or they don’t even think much of their heavenly eternal abode. We don’t have many descriptions of that city but we know there are mansions and the streets are of purest gold. (I had a pastor preach that they will be apartments. That may be true, but in doing a little research on the word they will be “mansion-type apartments.”)
“I am on my way to Heaven where the streets are paved with gold,
Shouting glory, shouting glory!
To the place of many mansions and of glories yet untold,
Shouting glory all the way!”
What is it the delights you down here on earth? What is it that keeps you from thinking of Heaven? I’m not one of those who believe that we will be doing all the things in heaven that we did down here. There will not be an ice cream buffet, for example. I do believe that the Lord has things for us that we cannot even imagine.
“I am on my way to Heaven, blessed land of pure delight,
Shouting glory, shouting glory!
Where the blest of every nation are forever clothed in white,
Shouting glory all the way!”
There greatest thing about Heaven is that we will see Him face-to-face. We will see the One who bled and died so that we have the opportunity to be in Heaven. Then, and only then, will we truly sing redemption’s story for we will finally have seen it from beginning to end.
“I am on my way to Heaven where I’ll see my Savior’s face
Shouting glory, shouting glory!
There I’ll sing redemption’s story, blessed song of saving grace,
Shouting glory all the way!
O glory, hallelujah!
I am on my way to Heaven,
Shouting glory, shouting glory!
O glory, hallelujah!
I am on my way to Heaven,
Shouting glory, all the way!”
Be ready to recognize that we are heavenward bound. This is not to be a life of toil and drudgery, but a life where we see the work of the Lord within each of us. Don’t get so tied-down to this old earth that you are no longer moving toward Heaven.
P.S. This one almost makes me want to “clog in the kitchen”.