Home Sweet Home

Those in frequent contact with the things of the world should make good use of them
without becoming attached to them, for this world and all it contains will pass away.
1 Corinthians 7:31 (NLT)

There is great peace in knowing that all this is only a temporary assignment, because on the days when it hurts so very much we can know that this too shall pass. With all the things we must endure while we are here, it makes it so much easier to persevere if we know it will not last forever. When we are in the midst of something, it can seem like forever, but that’s not reality. Reality is that it will pass on by. It may take months or even years, sometimes even a lifetime, but it will one day be finished--because we will. We will pass away, we are not meant to live here forever. Our real Heavenly Home awaits for those who believe in the life, death and resurrection of our Lord Jesus Christ. When we awake from this life into the reality of heaven, we will really be Home. We will never have to leave there again. It will not pass away; it will be a forever assignment that we will love!

If we dwell on seemingly unanswered prayers, unfair circumstances, sorrow and difficulty, we are buying into the lie that this is all there is and we better make it work or life has failed us! Life has not failed us and God has not failed us! This is only a temporary situation and what we must endure here is miniscule compared to the wonder of eternity in Heaven! Until Heaven becomes our reality, we will continue to believe that this is all there is. We will continue to be trapped by the enemy in the frustration that can come with this temporary assignment.

Temporarily, we can accept the difficulties so much more--to think that what’s happened will be permanent is so much harder! All this doesn’t matter quite as much when we begin to understand that God has something so much greater in store for us when this life is finished. He has a plan, and His plan includes a reunion beyond our wildest dreams!

We can limit each day we live by holding onto what was, but will never again be on this earth. God gives us the freedom to choose that, but He also calls us beyond that into an adventure of a lifetime. An adventure that is filled with His miracles and seeing His provisions when it seems life has been too cruel. God is not cruel. He is just and fair and right. What happens on this earth can be very painful, but it is only temporary, and temporary is a very hope-filled word when it’s looked at in the light of the eternity of heaven!

God loves us so much that He will not allow us to live here eternally. He doesn’t want what we think is good for us, He wants what He knows is best for us. We gave up the best when Adam and Eve ate the forbidden fruit. Any control Satan got over us on that day will end when we wake up in Heaven. It will be so good to be Home at last!!

When Jesus ascended into heaven, He didn’t leave us behind with broken hearts. He left us behind with the Hope of His return and an eternity spent with Him!