Friday, June 7, 2013

Exuberant Hearts

In secular America heaven is depicted as white fluffy clouds and beautiful angels with harps. Even in religious circles heaven is pictured as an eternal church service so that people who attend boring church services have expressed dismay at repeating the ritual forever.

We will definitely worship God in heaven, but it will not be an exercise in duty. We will worship God out of exuberant hearts, so full of joy and happiness that we cannot contain ourselves (Revelation chapter four; 5:13-14;7:9-14; 21:11-14). We will also have responsibilities (Revelation 5:9-10)

Today, "May the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, so that by the power of the Holy Spirit you may abound in hope" (Romans 15:13).