Where God is listened to
Don’t you think that following God should make a difference to a persons life? When it comes to God it’s easy to think only in terms of the afterlife, perhaps even of doing everything to avoid going to the hot place. But Jesus was pretty insistent that becoming a follower of his should change life here and now for the better. If you listen to some Christians – you may have met a few – it feels like following Jesus is actually a bit of a chore.
Now I’m the first to admit that some church services I’ve had to sit through have make it feel like a chore but that is not always true and it isn’t the way Jesus talked about things.
Jesus was pretty hot on talking about God’s kingdom. In essence this was the beginning of heaven now. The point being that we can live in heaven right now without having to wait until we die. Of course there are limitations to this because of the way the world has been dented and twisted by so much that is wrong but within the limitations we can start to experience heaven right now.
It might sound crazy but I’ve been in places (some of them church services) where it felt like being in heaven.
The life of the Christian should reflect a bit of heaven on earth. I’m just sorry that so often I’ve made a mess of things and have not been the beacon to God’s wonderful life that I should have been. People make too many mistakes.
So if you want to know where heaven is and what it’s like it’s the place where God is listened to and where his people follow. Jesus reckoned this was available to everyone and all we have to do is follow him.