Will today be the day I am reunited with my Savior and Lord to worship Him perfectly?
Will today be the day I sing praises to Him with the angels and the multitudes?
Will today be the day I am glorified and my struggle against sin ends forevermore?
Will today be the day I see the place He prepared for me?
Will today be the day I step through the veil and enter eternity?
Will today be the day I stand by the Crystal Sea?
Will today be the day I see His face?
Will today be the day I praise Him at His feet for saving me?
Will today be the day I understand fully, knowing even as I am known?
Will today be the day the tears will be wiped from my eyes?
Will today be the day I come into my inheritance?
Will today be the day I thank my ministering angels?
Will today be the day my faith becomes sight?
Do you have this fervency in your heart? Do you pray these things every day? Are you eager to put aside this tent, this life, these earthly concerns, in anticipation of His call? He rewards this eagerness:
"Now there is in store for me the crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous Judge, will award to me on that day--and not only to me, but also to all who have longed for his appearing." (2 Timothy 4:8)
Our home is not here. Christians tell me every day, either casually or seriously, they aren't ready for the rapture, because they have this to do or that to do. Because they want this or need to finish that. My mouth always falls to the floor.
If you were fortunate enough to have a vacation house growing up, or rented one for the summer, you know that they are usually a more rudimentary kind of dwelling. You were "roughing it". The furniture wasn't as comfortable, it sagged and maybe was a bit ripped. There weren't the amenities you were used to like a washer or dryer. You cheerfully hung the towels from swimming up to dry. It was a novelty from regular life. All your cousins crammed in to the cabin with you, sometimes you had to sleep on the floor because the family ran out of beds. You didn't mind, it was fun, for a while.
Earth is our temporary home. It is roughing it here. We put up with what we have to put up with in the way of inconveniences because the real home awaiting us when we return to it is so fabulous. When you were at camp during the summer or on a sleepover you had a good time but weren't you happy to get back to your Dad? Your home?
He came to earth to die, as the atoning sacrifice for sin of the world, to be resurrected by the power of God, proving He is God, and lives in heaven now, waiting for the time He will call His bride to Him. He came "To guide our feet into the way of peace.” (Luke 1:79b). We are at peace, knowing we are reconciled to Him, no longer His enemy but His children.
That is how we should feel. This is not our home. When will we see our real home? I don't know. Will today be the day?
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