‘Congratulations on your new location!’

Aug 5, 2019

‘I go to prepare a place for you.’John 14:2 KJV

A lady ordered two bunches of flowers, one for a friend who was relocating his business and the other for the funeral of a friend who had just died. Unfortunately, the florist mixed up the orders. As a result, the friend moving his business received flowers with a note saying, ‘In deepest sympathy’, while the deceased’s flowers came with a card saying, ‘Congratulations on your new location!’

You are a redeemed child of God and one day you’ll hear the words, ‘Congratulations on your new location.’ Heaven isn’t ‘a state of mind’ or celestial cyberspace. It’s a prepared place for a prepared people. The Bible talks of ‘the whole family in Heaven and earth.’ (Ephesians 3:15 KJV) Perhaps someone you’ve loved and lost is waiting for you there and you’re looking forward to seeing them again. Perhaps you’re wondering if we’ll know each other. Yes! Would we know less in Heaven than we knew on earth? No. Paul says, ‘Then shall I know even as also I am known.’ (1 Corinthians 13:12 KJV)

Not only will we know each other, but we’ll eat together and enjoy one another for all eternity. Imagine fabulous food with no cholesterol! No disease. And best of all, no heartache, for God Himself will ‘wipe away all tears… and there shall be no more death, nor sorrow, nor crying, nor pain. All of that has gone forever.’ (Revelation 21:4 TLB) Have you come to the place in life where you know for sure that if you died today you’d go to Heaven? You can have that assurance by placing your trust in the One who paid for all your sins—and offers you the gift of eternal life.

SoulFood: Deut 32:29–34:12, Matt 14:13–21, Ps 119:17–24, Pro 17:7–10
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