A
DELIGHTFUL INHERITANCE
BREAD
5 LORD, you
have assigned me my portion and my cup; you have made my lot secure. 6 The boundary lines have fallen for me
in pleasant places; surely I have a delightful inheritance. 7 I will praise the LORD, who counsels me; even at night my
heart instructs me. Psalm 16:5-7 (NIV)
23 Yet I am always with you; you hold me by my right
hand. 24 You guide me with
your counsel, and afterward you will take me into glory. 25 Whom have I in heaven but you? And
earth has nothing I desire besides you. 26 My
flesh and my heart may fail, but God is the strength of my heart and my portion
forever. Psalm 73:23-26 (NIV)
3 Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus
Christ! In his great mercy he has given us new birth into a living hope through
the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead, 4 and
into an inheritance that can never perish, spoil or fade--kept in heaven for
you.
1 Peter 1:3-4 (NIV)
11 You
have made known to me the path of life; you will fill me
with joy in your presence, with eternal pleasures at your right hand. Psalm 16:11 (NIV)
9 However,
as it is written: “No eye has seen, no ear has heard, no mind has conceived
what God has prepared for those who love him”-- 1 Corinthians 2:9 (NIV)
16 The
Spirit himself testifies with our spirit that we are God's children. 17 Now if we are children, then we are
heirs--heirs of God and co-heirs with Christ, if indeed we share in his
sufferings in order that we may also share in his glory. 18 I consider that our present sufferings
are not worth comparing with the glory that will be revealed in us. Romans
8:16-18 (NIV)
3 And
I heard a loud voice from the throne saying, “Now the dwelling of God is with men,
and he will live with them. They will be his people, and God himself will be
with them and be their God. 4 He
will wipe every tear from their eyes. There will be no more death or mourning
or crying or pain, for the old order of things has passed away.” 5 He
who was seated on the throne said, “I am making everything new!” Then he said, “Write
this down, for these words are trustworthy and true.” Revelation
21:3-5 (NIV)
2 I said to the LORD,
“You are my Lord; apart from you I have no good thing.” Psalm
16:2 (NIV)
BUTTER
“Take all the
pleasures of all the spheres, and multiply each through endless years; one
minute of heaven is worth them all.”
Thomas V. Moore
“Grant,
Almighty God, that as You have made known Your law, and has also added Your
gospel, in which You call us to Your service, and also have invited us with all
kindness to partake of Your grace; O grant, that we may not be deaf, either to
Your command or to the promises of Your mercy, but render ourselves submissive
to You everywhere, and so learn to devote all our faculties to You, that we may
in truth avow that the rule of a holy and religious life, has been delivered to
us in Your law, and that we may firmly adhere to Your promises, lest through
any of the allurements of the world, or through the flatteries and delusions of
Satan, You should suffer our minds to be drawn away from that love which You
have once for all manifested to us in Your only begotten Son, and in which You
daily confirm us by the teaching of the gospel, until we at length shall come
to the full enjoyment of this love in that celestial inheritance, which has
been purchased for us by the blood of Your only Son.” John Calvin
“An
inheritance is not only kept for us, but we are kept for it.” Richard
Sibbes
“The
enjoyment of God is the only happiness with which our souls can be
satisfied. To go to heaven, fully to
enjoy God, is infinitely better than the most pleasant accommodations
here. Fathers and mothers, husbands,
wives, or children, or the company of earthly friends, are but shadows, but God
is the substance. These are but
scattered beams, but God is the sun.
These are but streams. But God is
the ocean.” Jonathan Edwards
“He who is a
believer in Jesus finds enough in his Lord to satisfy him now, and to content
him for evermore. The believer is not
the man whose days are weary for want of comfort, and whose nights are long
from absence of heart-cheering thought, for he finds in Christ such a spring of
joy, such a fountain of consolation, that he is content and happy. Put him in a dungeon and he will find good
company; place him in a barren wilderness, he will eat the bread of heaven;
drive him away from friendship, he will meet the ‘friend that sticketh closer
than a brother.’ Blast all his gourds,
and he will find shadow beneath the Rock of Ages; sap the foundation of his
earthly hopes, but his heart will still be fixed, trusting in the Lord. The heart is as insatiable as the grave till Jesus
enters it, and then it is a cup full to overflowing. There is such a fullness in Christ that He
alone is the believer’s all. The true
saint is so completely satisfied with the all-sufficiency of Jesus that he thirsts
no more – except it be for deeper draughts of the living fountain.” Charles H. Spurgeon
“The imperishable reality of heaven
is what every human heart desperately longs for. We all want a home where we
can live forever, experience endless joy in the Creator's presence, and be
reunited with those we love. God Himself
placed those desires within us so that we would never be satisfied with
anything less than eternity with Him. He wants to draw us into a relationship
with Him because only by joining our lives to His can we experience the eternal
life He intended for us at creation.”
Michael Youssef“Christianity is more than going to heaven when you die; it’s about dying with Christ now — so you can live now. Christianity is more than performing a good life —- it’s about Christ performing an entirely perfect life for you — so you can live the abundant life in its entirety. Christianity is more than going through the motions — it’s about letting Christ touch the heart of your emotions — and going through life with Him.” Ann Voskamp
“We
may imagine we want a thousand different things, but God is the one we really
long for. His presence brings satisfaction; his absence brings thirst and
longing. Our longing for Heaven is a
longing for God.” Randy
Alcorn
“Heaven is forever, and here is a blink, and narrow is The Way to joy for always.” Ann Voskamp
“There
have been times when I think we do not desire heaven; but more often I find
myself wondering whether, in our heart of hearts, we have ever desired anything
else.”
C. S. Lewis
HEART
SAVOR
- · Heaven is a prepared place for a prepared people.
- · No eye has seen nor ear heard nor mind conceived what God has prepared for us.
- · In God’s presence is fullness of joy and who doesn’t long for that?
