I’m old enough to have grandchildren and great-grandchildren. One of the astounding attributes of the young is their imagination. The stuff of dreams with no limits. No power needed, just your imagination.
Man’s visualization of heaven will always brighten our days. Our eyes have no way of seeing what God has prepared for His redeemed. No words are adequate in describing the glorious essence of God and His heaven, even in our greatest moments of wondering. What heaven will be like is beyond our mind’s capability.
Our wonderful, holy, all-powerful God has prepared a glorious place for each of His saints. Then, it is beyond our mind’s capability to imagine just how great heaven is. My imagination will always fall short of what it’s like to see Jesus for the first time. The apostle John fell at the Lord’s feet as if he were dead upon seeing the glorified Jesus (Revelation 1:17).
The preceding verses in Revelation 1:13-16 describe the Lord’s heavenly appearance: holy, awesome, wonderful, and all-powerful. The Lord’s heavenly features are impossible for believers here to visualize—his piercing eyes and the voice that demands our undivided attention. The holiness of Jesus is beyond our earthly comprehension.
When we go before Him, we will answer for our lives and all our unforgiven words, thoughts, and actions, which is a reminder to believers that our prayers are paramount. Doing God’s Will should supersede all our other desires, yet He knows we get sidetracked with different things and lose our spiritual focus because of the temporal.
There’s a yearning in us to improve our service and relationship with the Lord. The question is, can we refocus our thinking and priorities? Our answer may be a yes or maybe a no. But always try to improve for the glory of God.
