Homesick - For Heaven!

We have the promise of heaven. Notice next that Jesus tells us about…

II. The Preparation of Heaven (v. 2-4)

Read v. 2-4 basically, Jesus was saying, ‘You don’t

need to get troubled in your heart about things; I am going to prepare a home for you in heaven.’

Jesus Christ is right now in heaven preparing a place for us to live with Him forever!

Have you ever wondered just what heaven is going to be like? I know that I have. Someone wrote a song that says, “I can only imagine what it will be like, when I walk by Your side...I can only imagine, what my eyes will see, when Your Face is before me! I can only imagine. Surrounded by Your Glory, what will my heart feel? Will I dance for you, Jesus? Or in awe of You, be still? Will I stand in Your presence, or to my knees will I fall? Will I sing ’Hallelujah!’? Will I be able to speak at all? I can only imagine! I can only imagine, when that day comes, when I find myself standing in the Son! I can only imagine, when all I will do, is forever, forever worship You! I can only imagine!

There is much about heaven that we don’t know and we can only imagine what it is going to be like. Imagine the best thing you can think about, the most beautiful place in the world, the most wonderful peace you’ve ever felt – now, that won’t even scratch the surface of what heaven is going to be like. 1 Corinthians 2:9, “But as it is written, Eye hath not seen, nor ear heard, neither have entered into the heart of man, the things which God hath prepared for them that love him.”

The Bible does give us a little picture of what heaven will be like. One of the most exciting and exhilarating aspects of the description is the realization that there won’t be heavy hearts in heaven. Rev. 21:4, “And God will wipe away every tear from their eyes; there shall be no more death, nor sorrow, nor crying. There shall be no more pain, for the former things have passed away.” If there was no other verse in Scripture to express to me the beauty of heaven, this verse, in and of itself, is enough to make me want to be there!

Sin will be out of the picture, there can only be eternal bliss. There will be no death there. “Death is swallowed up in victory” (1 Corinthians 15:54).

Heaven will be a place of unparalleled beauty. I am sure many of you have been blessed to see some truly wonderful sites in your lifetime. I have seen some beautiful places in my lifetime. I have seen the sun set over the ocean. I have seen Mt. Rushmore. I have seen a lot of places and there are a lot more I would like to see, and yet in all of this earths splendor and beauty, the beautiful things of this world pale in comparison to Heaven.

Mining companies still work in places where the yield of gold is just one ounce for one ton of worked dirt. It takes a lot of work to find gold on this planet because there isn’t much of it. If you melted down all of the gold that has ever been mined, it would fit into a cube measuring twenty yards on each side. Gold is so limited that the international monetary system is no longer based on gold but paper currencies like the dollar. In fact, the full gold standard only lasted from the 1870s to World War I. But what is scarce on earth is abundant in heaven. When John caught a glimpse of heaven he said, “The great street of the city was of pure gold” (Rev. 21:21). It’s another vivid reminder that what we frequently pursue and consider to be of greatest value is nothing more than pocket change to God.