Imagining Heaven

We all imagine the streets of gold, crowns, mansions and all things rich and glorious when we get to Heaven...but what if we are just using the measures of success of our own world to define our eternal reward?  Have we missed the point??  Have we taken "the American dream" and applied it to heaven?  We  believe that if we do everything we are supposed to do here, then when we get to the other side we will be rewarded with gold crowns and mansions.  Our false sense of what is success has blinded us to the reality of eternity.

 I believe that when we enter the gates of God's Kingdom, all the wealth in the world will not impress us.  The streets of gold will be mere pavement...the jewels just trinkets. They will be meaningless, worthless because we will be standing in the light of our King.

In this present life we give much more importance to the pretty things than to the King.  We love God, but we don't understand the value of standing in his presence.  That IS the reward of Heaven. 

In his Kingdom, the important thing will really be important.  Just as we bask now in the warm sun, then we will bask in the light of His true, pure love & light.  In the coming kingdom, love will reign. The crowns and mansions, if they even exist, will not be what excite us.  It will be living daily in the light of the creator who redeemed us.

My prayer would be that we can grab hold of this in this world.  To realize there is nothing better or worth more than walking with the king.  I pray God will help us to understand we can share now in this kingdom; that when we focus on Him, his light will fill our hearts & lives fully.

It's not the mansion we long for...it's the King.