Today is Wednesday, September 25th, 2013; Karen's Korner #2658
Fourth installment of five from a 'travel-style book' written by Dr. David Jeremiah titled "Discover Paradise: A Guidebook to Heaven, Your True Home".
The small book with lots of colored graphics and fun sub-headings has one section titled "Five Reasons Why Heaven Will Be Exciting":
1. God is Exciting.
2. We will be Exciting.
3. Our Friends will be Exciting.
4. Our Work will be Exciting.
5. Heaven will Fulfill Our Longings.
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4. Our Work will be Exciting (in part)!
"When we get to Heaven, we're going to be the servants of the living God. Servants work. They have an occupation. They have responsibility. What is God going to say when we get to Heaven? He's not going to say to us, 'Well done, good and faithful servant. Take the rest of eternity off.' He's going to say, 'Well done, good and faithful servant......enter into.........' Into what? 'Enter into the joy of your Lord' (Matthew 25:21). Why? 'You were faithful over a few things. I will make you ruler over many things.' God's got something for us to do.
Over and over, the book of Revelation repeats this thought of serving in Heaven (I am including two of them):
"Therefore they are before the throne of God, and serve Him day and night in His temple." (Revelation 7:15)
"Then a voice came from the throne saying, 'Praise our God, all you His servants and those who fear Him, both small and great!" (Revelation 19:5)
We Will Hear God Say, You're Hired!
...."throughout eternity, we know that God has a great plan for every one of us to be wonderfully, happily, excitedly, and unboringly employed in serving Him. All of us will be serving in the fullest expression of the capacity God has given us and the giftedness He has put within us. However that works out in your life or in mine, we will discover it........
........"Everything we do, every ounce of energy we expend in our work in Heaven will last forever and ever. Forever and ever it will be a blessing and encouragement to all those who see it. When a legacy? Our work won't be boring; it will be exciting!"
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