“Heaven is a wonderful place,
Filled with glory and grace.
I want to see my Savior’s face,
Because heaven is wonderful place.” [1]
When we realize how wonderful God is and how splendid His eternal kingdom is, it seems a small thing to obey His will. For example, Moses chose to suffer affliction with the people of God rather than to enjoy the passing pleasures of sin. The heroes of the Christian faith embraced and confessed that they were strangers and pilgrims on the earth. They desired a better country, that is, a heavenly country. Therefore God was not ashamed to be called their God, for He prepared a [heavenly] city for them. [2]
“The path of the just is like the shining sun, that shines ever brighter unto the perfect day.” [3] The brighter days happen as we grow in Christlikeness. The final outcome of our walk with Christ is a better and heavenly country.
[1] Words and music by O.A. Lambert, © 1958, 1964 SACRED SONGS
[2] Hebrews 11:13-14, 16, 25
[3] Proverbs 4:18
21st Century Jeremiah is a publishing site that is managed and operated by Mark Czanderna for the expressed purpose to provide for you free Bible-based and Christ-exalting resources. My goal is to align myself with the prophetic words of God as carefully and accurately as Jeremiah the prophet did in his day, but include the additional revelations that the Lord Jesus Christ provided for us in the Gospels, the Book of Acts, the Epistles of the Apostles and the Book of Revelation.
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