This World is Not My Home!

  [505 words] It just makes sense that the Lord’s people should discuss their future destination. It also makes sense that we talk about heaven because of the terrible things that happen in our world which remind us that life is short. As a favorite song says, “This world is not my home, I’m just a passin’ through…my treasures are laid up somewhere beyond the blue. The angels beckon me from heaven’s open door…and I can’t feel at home in this world anymore.” Heaven truly is “delayed gratification.” Most folks never experience delayed gratification, and that’s why most folks can’t go to heaven. As Christians, we are constantly tempt.ed by the world to focus on the here and now – instant gratification. We live in a society of instant gratification, a society where people want to delay and defer absolutely nothing (except payments!). They certainly don’t want to defer the…