When We All Get To Heaven Series

“Jesus said, "You shall worship the Lord your God, and Him only you shall serve". It is interesting to note that Jesus did not say "praise and serve." Even the briefest examination of the word praise in the Bible quickly shows it is a verbal thing and is for the most part singing. Worship, however, is from the heart. Worship manifests itself in praise. Serving God is worship, and Scripture is clear we will serve God in Heaven. "His servants will serve Him.”

Worship and praise come from the heart. It is more than just singing a song. It is so much more than that. The chorus of How Great Thou Art says:

“Then sings my soul, my Savior God, to Thee;

How great Thou art, how great Thou art!

When was the last time that you put everything aside and just praised and worshipped and focused on God? When was the last time that you did not focus on what you are going through or what responsibilities you have in the church or things you need to get done and just focused on praising God because of how great He is? Now, when I say worship and praise Him, I do not mean just merely sitting or standing there reading lyrics and moping through the song. That is not praise or worship. When is the last time you sang from your soul to God? When was the last time that you poured your heart out to God? That is praise and worship. We serve a God worthy of our praise and worship. When we get to Heaven, we will worship God for an eternity. There will no longer be those who mope through the church music or pout because they do not like the style of music that is being played. We will worship God.

2. We Will Fellowship

When we get to Heaven, we will fellowship. Hebrews 12:22-24 says this:

“But you have come to Mount Zion and to the city of the living God, the heavenly Jerusalem, and to innumerable angels in festal gathering, and to the assembly of the firstborn who are enrolled in heaven, and to God, the judge of all, and to the spirits of the righteous made perfect, and to Jesus, the mediator of a new covenant, and to the sprinkled blood that speaks a better word than the blood of Abel.”

One of the many things that we will do in Heaven is fellowship. Dr. Jeremiah said this about fellowship in Heaven:

“In Heaven, we will have fellowship like never before! … Imagine having the unlimited opportunity to fellowship with people from all ages of history – even people we have only read about in books…. We will be able to know and fellowship with our Lord in a way that we cannot possibly comprehend…. Our Savior will be our personal friend, and we will fellowship with Him forever and ever.”

Not only will we fellowship with Jesus, but we will also fellowship with one another. In Luke 16, Jesus tells the story of the rich man and Lazarus. The rich man died and went to hell while Lazarus died and went to Heaven. The rich man looks out and he sees Lazarus walking with Abraham. Lazarus and Abraham were fellowshipping together in Heaven. They did not even know each other on Earth. Abraham died thousands of years before Lazarus was even born. So, yes, we will fellowship with those we knew here on Earth and those we did not know here on Earth. When we get to Heaven, I believe all our Earthly grudges and things that we are mad or upset about here on Earth will no longer matter. No longer will we be focused on those things because we will be focused on God and Christ. I have a friend whose dad dated someone before he met and married his wife. The girl he dated before meeting his wife was physically abusive towards my friend. She passed a few years ago, but about a few years before she passed, she accepted Christ. One day, he will see her again in Heaven and when he sees her, he is not going to focus on what happened and what she did here on Earth, but instead they will fellowship, and they will praise the King of Kings together. Y`all can be mad at people all you want to, but there is a good chance that one day you will look at them in Heaven and the reason you are mad at them will no longer even matter. We are going to fellowship with one another in Heaven.