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Traveling To Heaven
Contributed by Joel Pankow on Mar 29, 2024 (message contributor)
Throughout my life I had always wanted to go to Germany. It wasn’t until my son moved over there and got married that we finally were able to do so. The trip wasn’t always easy, as we were stranded in New Jersey for a night after a flight was canceled. We were tired from the journey. But once we landed, he was able to wait for us after we landed in Berlin and ride with us in the station back to his home city. Knowing he was there made the trip so much easier and natural to take. We now wait for hopeful grandchildren some day to go back again, if not before, because we know people there who can give us a place to stay.
When Jesus died and rose from the dead, God’s Son went to heaven ahead of us. He prepared a place for us. We are now on our journey to heaven. No matter how rotten your life gets here, no matter how rough the ride, no matter how many friends you lose along the way, don’t forget your final destination. Jesus has opened the way for you, purchased the plane flight, bought you the passport. He is waiting for you on the other end. No matter how long your journey or how short, how easy your life or how difficult, how painful your death or how quick, heaven is your home. You have loved ones who have gone before you, who are waiting for you.
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