November 11
A Home in Heaven
You yourselves had [in heaven] a better and lasting possession.
Hebrews 10:34, AB
Paul once wrote, "If only for this life we have hope in Christ, we are to be pitied more than all men" (1 Cor. 15:19, NIV). If there is no life after death, no Heaven, no promise of a better world-then life is empty, hopeless, without meaning or purpose.
But this life is not all! Ahead is Heaven, and some day "we shall always e with the Lord" (1 Thess. 4:17). Some day we will go to a home where all is happiness, joy, and peace. How barren our lives would be if we didn't have this hope.
Knowing Heaven is real will make a difference in the way we live. For one thing, we won't become attached to the things of this world. We will say with Paul, "I have learned in whatever state I am, to be content" (Phil. 4:11).
But Heaven should also give us a burden for those who do not have this hope. Every day you meet people who do not know Christ. Will you tell them?
