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2021 by Robert Jeffress
Published by Baker Books
a division of Baker Publishing Group
PO Box 6287, Grand Rapids, MI 49516-6287
www.bakerbooks.com
Ebook edition created 2021
All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any meansfor example, electronic, photocopy, recordingwithout the prior written permission of the publisher. The only exception is brief quotations in printed reviews.
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data is on file at the Library of Congress, Washington, DC.
ISBN 978-1-4934-2886-1
Some content in this book has been adapted from Robert Jeffress, A Place Called Heaven: 10 Surprising Truths about Your Eternal Home (Grand Rapids: Baker Books, 2017).
Unless otherwise indicated, Scripture quotations are from the New American Standard Bible (NASB), copyright 1960, 1962, 1963, 1968, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1975, 1977, 1995 by The Lockman Foundation. Used by permission. www.Lockman.org
Scripture quotations labeled NLT are from the Holy Bible , New Living Translation, copyright 1996, 2004, 2007, 2013, 2015 by Tyndale House Foundation. Used by permission of Tyndale House Publishers, Inc., Carol Stream, Illinois 60188. All rights reserved.
Scripture quotations labeled PHILLIPS are from The New Testament in Modern English by J. B. Phillips copyright 1960, 1972 J. B. Phillips. Administered by The Archbishops Council of the Church of England. Used by Permission.
Scripture quotations labeled TLB are from The Living Bible, copyright 1971. Used by permission of Tyndale House Publishers, Inc., Carol Stream, Illinois 60188. All rights reserved.
Italics added to Scripture quotations represent the authors emphasis.
Published in association with Yates & Yates, www.yates2.com.
To Ben Lovvorn and the staff at First Baptist Church Dallas
Thank you for your willingness to go above and beyond your job requirements to further the kingdom of God throughout our world. It is an incomparable joy for me to serve with you as partners in ministry.
What Difference Does a Future Heaven Make in My Life Today?
In My Fathers house are many dwelling places; if it were not so, I would have told you; for I go to prepare a place for you.
John 14:2
A few years ago, I went on a one-week trip to London. The city was somewhat unfamiliar to me, and I needed to make certain preparations. I had to stop the newspaper and mail delivery at my house, make sure my cell phone would work in the country I was going to, and change some of my currency from dollars into pounds. Most of all, I needed to make sure I had a valid passport so that when I arrived, I would be allowed to enter that country.
Now, my trip to another country was brief. But did you know the Bible says that every one of us will one day make a trip to a distant country? It will be a one-way trip to a place that is mostly unfamiliar to us. And this destination is not merely a one-week vacation; it will be an eternal destination for every one of us. For those of us who are Christians, that trip will be to a place called heaven.
Contrary to what some people believe, heaven is not just some fanciful myth to help dull the pain of the reality of this world. Jesus assured us that heaven is a real place.
Jesus said to His disciples, In My Fathers house are many dwelling places; if it were not so, I would have told you; for I go to prepare a place for you. If I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again and receive you to Myself, that where I am, there you may be also (John 14:23). Jesus is in heaven right now, and He is overseeing the largest construction project in history. He is building our future home in this place He calls heaven.
How does it make you feel to know that Jesus is preparing a place for you in heaven?
What preparations can you begin making today to be ready for your heavenly home?
Lord Jesus, thank You for preparing a place for me in Your Fathers house. Help me make the necessary preparations in my life today so I will be ready to enter my heavenly home with You.
Homesick for Heaven
For indeed in this house we groan, longing to be clothed with our dwelling from heaven.
2 Corinthians 5:2
Very few Christians spend time consciously thinking about heaven. Perhaps you dont spend a lot of time reflecting on your eternal destination either.
Although many Christians are missing out on the hope that comes from reflecting on our heavenly home, Im pretty sure I understand why. The overwhelming responsibilities of this life often eclipse our thinking about the next life. Not only that, but heaven seems remote. It seems irrelevant to those of us who are busy trying to rear a family, keep a job, or make a living here on earth. Why should we be concerned about heaven?
Though we do not think about heaven often, there are times in life when we long for a better place than earth. Sometimes we experience a disappointmentbetrayal by a close friend, an illness, the loss of a loved one, the breakup of an important relationshipthat makes us long for something better.
In his book Disappointment with God , Philip Yancey observed,
The Bible never belittles human disappointment... but it does add one key word: temporary. What we feel now, we will not
We all long for that homethat place called heaven.
Have you ever felt homesick for heaven?
How does the hope of heaven change your perspective on the disappointments of this life?
Lord, sometimes I feel overwhelmed by the disappointments of this life. Give me Your perspective on my problems to remember that they are only temporaryuntil I go home to heaven.
Our Inevitable Journey to a New Destination
Man does not know his time.
Ecclesiastes 9:12
Why should we study what the Bible teaches about heaven? One reason is that our journey to heaven is both certain and relatively soon.
The Bible talks about the inevitability of our journey to this new destination called heaven. I have also heard one wag quip, The statistics on death are very impressive: one out of every one dies.
Have you come to grips with the fact that you are going to die? The writer of Ecclesiastes, Solomon, said it this way: Man does not know his time: like fish caught in a treacherous net and birds trapped in a snare, so the sons of men are ensnared at an evil time when it suddenly falls on them (9:12).
Death comes suddenly, without any warning. In Genesis 27:2, the patriarch Isaac said, Behold now, I am old and I do not know the day of my death. And neither do you. Neither do I. Soldiers on a battlefield and patients whose diseases have been labeled terminal may understand the reality and certainty of death more clearly than the rest of us, but the truth is, death is just as real and certain for you and me.
The fact that life on earth is very brief should motivate us to use our time wisely. In Psalm 90:12, Moses prayed, Teach us to number our days and recognize how few they are; help us to spend them as we should (TLB). Our departure from this life is certain, and it is soon.
Have you ever thought of your life as terminal?
In what ways does the certainty of your death affect how you are living right now?
Heavenly Father, teach me to number my days and realize that, in light of eternity, my time on earth is short. Help me spend every day You give me in this life in a way that honors You.
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