The band Creed in their song “Higher” describe a recurring dream where everything is perfect…blind men see, golden streets…sounds a lot like Heaven. The struggle is to stay in the dream because life is so much worse than the dream, but then again, the problems of the world make it possible to appreciate those dreams that much more. “But, my friend, I'd sacrifice all those nights if I could make the Earth and my dreams the same. The only difference is to let love replace all our hate.”
Then the country duo Big & Rich said in their song “Eternity” “Just can’t let this old world get us down. There's too much beauty in this life. It should be so perfect we shouldn't know we've made it to the other side…When we make it to the other side.”
In Matthew 6 Jesus is giving instructions on prayer. Don’t be all self-righteous and hoity-toity about it. If you’re going on and on just to impress the people hearing you – well guess what…they’ve heard you, and you just got your reward. That’s what you were seeking, and congratulations, you found it – people heard you and your fancy words. But when you pray, do it so that it’s between you and God and know that He knows what you want before you ask. And then He gives the example prayer commonly referred to as the “Lord’s Prayer” in Matthew 6:9-13. And in verse 10 He says, “Your will be done on Earth as it is in Heaven.” Man! What a goal! And of all the things that we ask for, why shouldn’t that be request number 1?
“if I could make the Earth and my dreams the same” “It should be so perfect, we shouldn’t know we’ve made to the other side…when we make it to the other side.”
Call this one an Attention Deficit devotional – because it doesn’t take a long time to get to the point. And there’s only one question to answer on the review quiz.
Listen for the Whisper that’s asking you, “What are you doing to make this world more like Heaven?” And a bonus question for those that like extra credit: “If the answer is ‘nothing’, then why aren’t you doing anything?”
~Dwayne
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