Heaven, Imagine That!

All prosperity begins in the mind and is dependent only upon the full use of our creative imagination.
Ruth Ross

Col 3:1-4
Therefore if you have been raised up with Christ, keep seeking the things above, where Christ is, seated at the right hand of God. Set your mind on the things above, not on the things that are on earth. For you have died and your life is hidden with Christ in God. When Christ, who is our life, is revealed, then you also will be revealed with Him in glory. NASU

Gerald Barzan, wrote this little poem, “Ten ancient commandments lousing up the fun. Along came prosperity, and then there was none.” What is it about prosperity that causes us to lose sight of God? We start out good, we have grand intentions to do right, and to live right, but it seems when God allows us a little rope, we, as natural sinners, tend to hang ourselves.

Well, the world around us is visual stimulation, and the old saying that a picture is worth a thousand words, is definitely true. Then you have other old sayings like this one, “seeing is believing.” We could go on, but you get the picture. Life for us here is sensual. The wonderful creation of the eye, and the other senses that God gave us, are our tools of interpretation, and the inlets to our inner being.

Now if a picture is worth a thousand words, how many words will it take for us to maintain our focus? Well, the word of God is much more powerful than regular words, and we will only maintain our focus on the unseen things while we are here, by reading, remembering, and dreaming, and looking forward to the fulfillment of His promises to us. The Return of Christ, the Streets of Glory, Eternal peace…wonderful pictures that God said would be more than our minds could hold…God Bless.

Pastor William