Steve Gaines

Christians today do not think, talk, teach, write, sing, or preach enough about heaven. Many seem to believe that emphasizing heaven might make them “so heavenly-minded that they are no earthly good.” But let us not forfeit the precious hope and reality that one day we will leave this wicked, weary world and rest eternally in the arms of Jesus!

We will rest in our heavenly home. Jesus is preparing a place for us in the “Father’s house” where we will dwell forever (John 14:1-6). Nazareth’s Carpenter is also heaven’s Architect and Builder. There we will rest in mansions made by our Master.

We will rest in God’s presence. When we die, we will be “absent from the body and present with the Lord” (2 Corinthians 5:6-8). Regardless of what we see before we leave this earth at death, the moment we slip away from here into eternity, we will see the blessed face of Jesus and abide in His glorious, peaceful presence forevermore.

We will rest in a place void of sin, sickness, and suffering. In heaven there will be no tears, no death, no crying, and no pain. These “former things” will have all passed away (Revelation 21:4-8). Heaven will bring joy, peace, comfort, and rest.

You can only enter heaven through Jesus Christ (John 14:6; Acts 4:12; 1 Timothy 2:5). If He is your Savior, you have spiritual rest now, but you also have God’s guarantee that one day you will experience eternal rest with Him in a land that is fairer than day.