God is awesome. God can do anything. God is doing things in the best possible fashion to get the best possible results for eternity. One might ask,”Why are things tough if he can do anything? Shouldn’t we be in Heaven now?” I cover that here: https://fatherspiritson.com/articles/jim-suffer.html . What is interesting though is that because of Jesus, we are on a path to get to Heaven though we may suffer now.
Heaven will be better than we can imagine. The Bible lets us know that God is going to satisfy us better than we can put into words. Since Heaven will be better than we can imagine or wish for, it is no foolish exercise to imagine the Heaven you’d want and know God will do better. It is called the “Heaven Game” to wish for any non sinful fantasy you could hope for, and know Heaven will be better. God lets us use our imagination. In Heaven, our prayers will be more for our joy and our neighbor’s joy than the sort of praying we do now to help people out of bad places and hurts. To have a good imagination is to be blessed. To have dreams and impossible fantasies is not foolishness, but a blessing. If you have a great imagination now and know Heaven will be better than we can imagine, you can awe inspire yourself into a healthy world of amazing hope. We might not be able to imagine Heaven, but we can imagine good things and good times on Earth because God made even this fallen world have beauty, glimpses of glory, and awe. Even the weeds on this fallen world can make beautiful flowers. All we need to see is that good things are possible and desirable on Earth then we know everything about Heaven will be better than Earth.
Psalm 37:3 Trust in the Lord and do good; live in the land and be safe.4 Seek your happiness in the Lord, and he will give you your heart’s desire.(Good News Translation)
Psalm 146:15 All living things look hopefully to you, and you give them food when they need it. 16 You give them enough and satisfy the needs of all.(Good News Translation)
So things aren’t perfect now because we live in a fallen world, but things will become better than we can imagine later. This is because Jesus suffered and died for our sins. Jesus loved us so much that he did not hesitate to drop his infinite heavenly pleasure to be born in a barn with his first smell of earth being animal dung. Then he lived a difficult life, victimized and tempted in more ways than anyone. Ultimately he gets the ultimate victimization by his friend betraying him to a sham trial where he gets crucified. He didn’t even give up on the cross in incredible pain and agony while people insulted him. He loved humanity when humanity was it its worst! How much more will he get stoked with us when we even try to be kind and loving to others!
Look, God knows everything about us and still loves us! He wants to bring us to eternal paradise. Follow Jesus and be as good and loving as you can be, you don’t want to miss eternity. Try and change to become more selfless, and focus on loving others more than just loving yourself. Pray about many things. Pray for others to be healed and fed. Pray about your day and frustrations. Pray about your future plans. Read you Bible. Follow Jesus. We want to wind up in Heaven where Jesus is, so follow Jesus. He loves us so so much, so let try and love others as he loves us. Amen!
Closing Praise:
God is love. Everything God does in love. God loves you.
John 3:16 For God loved the world so much that he gave his only Son, so that everyone who believes in him may not die but have eternal life.
Jesus died on the cross because he loves you.
Jesus came back to life will raise you from the dead because he wants to be best friends forever with you.
This is no joke.
This is not too good to be true.
This is the truth.
John 14:6Jesus answered him, “I am the way, the truth, and the life; no one goes to the Father except by me.
Jesus loves you more than all the stars in the sky.
Jesus loves you more than any mother loved her child.
Jesus loves you more than you can know even if you know this.