I enjoy looking at vacation pictures. Spring break, fall break and summer vacations are the best times to display those wonderful experiences with family and friends. Anticipating the trips we take is exciting because we plan what we want to do, and what we want to see when we get to where we are going. Maybe we go to the same place every year or perhaps we travel to places we have never been. I like to go to new places where I can have new experiences, and see things I’ve read about, things I’ve never seen. Usually our vacations provide experiences we don’t plan on having and don’t want to have. I guess no vacation is perfect.
If you are planning on going to heaven you won’t have to worry about anything going wrong. Heaven will be the last trip you will ever take. This will be one trip where you won’t have to make reservations, and you won’t have to pack your luggage or take any money. You won’t have to check your calendar to figure out what will best work with your schedules. There will be no need for an itinerary because everything will have already been planned out for you. All you will have to do is enjoy what is awaiting you.
I’m sure everyone has an idea about what you think you are going to do in heaven, and what you think will be the best part about this wonderful place. Looking at heaven from our human perspective, which is natural, we probably are anticipating experiences that are mostly about our specific desires. I am excited about not having to wear an insulin pump every moment of my life. I am looking forward to not having pain, being able to see clearly, running again, seeing friends and family that have preceded me, and taking in all of the beautiful scenery of a perfect world. You most likely have similar expectations about going to heaven.
These selfish desires we have will not be even close to the greatest part about heaven. Seeing our mom and dad will not be the thing that will satisfy us or excite us the most. Seeing and being in the presence of Jesus is the experience that will capture our undivided attention and please us the most. Immediately we will fall on our knees and worship him. For the first time we will be able to see him in all of his holiness, and all of his majesty, the one who is our Almighty God.
Even now we can prepare ourselves for the day we first see Jesus. If Jesus is our Lord and Savior we should be spending time with him right now. Our daily goal should be to be like him. We should strive to be holy. Peter says, “But in your hearts set apart Christ as Lord.” 1 Peter 3:15 As we grow in Christ day by day our anticipation of heaven will swell within our hearts. We will not fear death, but actually look forward to the day of our departure because we will finally see, face to face, Jesus, the one who gave his life for us.
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