Eternity starts here...now

'That the end we ought to propose to ourselves is to become, in this life, the most perfect worshippers of GOD we can possibly be, as we hope to be through all eternity.'

The above is a quote from -  Practice the Presence of God - Brother Lawerence

My thoughts--

In truth do WE truly hope to be perfect worshippers of God through all eternity? Do we?

Eternity in Heaven…

Heaven is the HOME of God.

Heaven is the HOME of Jesus Christ.

Heaven is the HOME of the Holy Spirit.

Heaven is the HOME of God's Angels.

Heaven is the HOME of the Saints of God who have been taken to heaven ahead of the majority of people who will be raised from the graves when Christ returns for them.

Heaven is the HOME we are PROMISED in the Gospel of Salvation that our Savior came to preach to us.

Heaven is the HOME where our treasures are, treasures that belong to us because we are going to go to heaven.

Mat 6:20  But lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust doth corrupt, and where thieves do not break through nor steal:

Mat 6:21  For where your treasure is, there will your heart be also.

Mat 5:12  Rejoice, and be exceeding glad: for great is your reward in heaven…

Rev 22:12  And, behold, I come quickly; and my reward is with me, to give every man according as his work shall be.

Luk 14:14 … for thou shalt be recompensed at the resurrection of the just.

Heb 9:15  And for this cause he is the mediator of the new testament, that by means of death, for the redemption of the transgressions that were under the first testament, they which are called might receive the promise of eternal inheritance.

1Pe 1:3  Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, which according to his abundant mercy hath begotten us again unto a lively hope by the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead,

1Pe_1:4  To an inheritance incorruptible, and undefiled, and that fadeth not away, reserved in heaven for you

Are we LIVING for eternity with God in our Heavenly home?  Right NOW are we living with that blessed HOPE? Are we truly hoping to be the most perfect worshippers of God we can be here and now? Are we?! And if we AREN'T we need to ask ourselves WHY NOT?!   Why aren't we striving to be perfect worshippers of God?  God told us that we living in these last days would be LUKEWARM. Isn't it lukewarmness that keeps us from striving to be perfect worshippers of God here and now?

'That the end we ought to propose to ourselves is to become, in this life, the most perfect worshippers of GOD we can possibly be, as we hope to be through all eternity'

What we should be hoping to become as Christ followers in this life truly is to be the MOST PERFECT worshippers of GOD we can possibly be- AS WE HOPE TO BE through all eternity!

This is why we are CHRIST followers in the first place, isn't it?! To become one with our God, our Creator, our Redeemer and live with Him forever, isn't this our HOPE?   And if this is truly our real hope then we need to be living HERE and NOW towards that end, don't we? We need to be living for ETERNITY- NOW, not waiting to live for eternity in eternity, by then it will be too late.

More on this tomorrow by the grace and mercy of our LORD and SAVIOR, Jesus Christ now and forever!!!!!!!

Amen!