Prepared to Enter Heaven One Day
June 1, 2011
Preparations. Life is filled with them. Think about it, we prepare for school, work, exams, and many other activities. Right now I am preparing to go on vacation in a couple of weeks. do you know what I’ve noticed? It can be exhausting preparing for a trip away from home. Now I must confess that my wife has been the one who has made many of the arrangements for this coming trip of ours. Therefore, I don’t blame her if she’s a bit fatigued from it. She has purchased plane tickets, coordinated fun-filled activities, located a place to stay, and looked into travel insurance. Boy, she deserves to put her feet up the whole week we will be away.
Yes life is filled with preparations. However, I’m wondering how many people have made preparations for eternity.
Stop and think about it for just a moment. One day our life on this earth will come to an end but when it does it will not result in cessation of existence. All of us will live forever in one of two places…Heaven or Hell. Jesus Christ Himself taught us that when He said, “And these shall go away into everlasting punishment: but the righteous into life eternal.” (Matthew 25:46). Wow! Jesus said when we take our last breath we will either endure, “everlasting punishment” or enjoy, “life eternal.”
So with an eternal existence a reality for all of us the most important question one should consider is simply this, am I prepared for eternity? Forever is an extremely long time so wouldn’t it be prudent to be sure we are prepared for it? In other words, don’t you think it would be wise to make sure you’re prepared to enter Heaven upon leaving this earth? I think so and I’m also glad that I am prepared to enter Heaven one day.
Yes I am 100% certain Heaven will be my eternal home in the future, but my confidence is not based on who I am or even on what I’ve done, or am currently doing, but rather it is solely based on what Jesus Christ has done. He suffered for my sins, rose from the dead and reconciled my broken relationship with God and has prepared my place in Heaven for me. And let me tell you, it is a glorious and perfect mansion in His presence (John 14:1-3).
But guess what? There is plenty of room for many more mansions to be built. In fact Jesus would love nothing more than to begin construction on another mansion…your mansion if you haven’t already secured one. The bookmark link on our church’s web site gives full instructions on how one can be sure Heaven will one day be their eternal home. Why not take a look? Forever is a long time and I’ll tell you I am so thankful that I’m prepared to enter Heaven one day and I promise that you won’t regret making the same preparations through Christ.
