‘Thoughts'

Worth Anything, Worth Everything! 

If heaven is worth anything, it is worth everything. The Bible being true, the life beyond the grave is a reality, and the hope of heaven is the sweetest and dearest hope that has yet entered and thrilled the human heart. Salvation and the hope it brings is yet one more enormous reason to love our God.

To the man of faith, the man who believes the Bible to be the word of God, the man whose heart and whose life are cheered, comforted, and encouraged by the revelations of the Bible, there is nothing darker than to be without God and without hope. Faithlessness offers no consolation, no hope, and no comfort. The closer we come to the end of life, the closer we come to the time when the labors, toils, efforts, aims, plans, and purposes of this life shall all fade away and forever disappear.

But as the children of God, we have the strong encouragement of the hope set before us. This hope we have as an anchor of the soul, a hope both sure and steadfast and entering into that which is within the veil, where the Lord Christ has gone before as a forerunner for us ( Hebrews 6:18-20 ).

2 Timothy 2:19-21

“Nevertheless the solid foundation of God stands, having this seal: "The Lord knows those who are His," and, "Let everyone who names the name of Christ depart from iniquity." 20 But in a great house there are not only vessels of gold and silver, but also of wood and clay, some for honor and some for dishonor. 21 Therefore if anyone cleanses himself from the latter, he will be a vessel for honor, sanctified and useful for the Master, prepared for every good work.”

So how do we enjoy our hope now?

 I. Have courage in the firm foundation that God knows those who are His.

II. Work with Joy towards the removal of all iniquity that would dissolve our seal with God in Christ. Work righteousness steadfastly.

III. Do not place our focus on the physical vessels that pass away.

IV. Become a vessel of honor, by doing the will of God.

 V. Being prepared for good works is not enough, but to be useful for the Master.

And may we be faithful to him, and when called away, enter the joys of our Lord in the soul's everlasting home.

If heaven is worth anything, it is worth everything!