“…no eye has seen…no ear has heard, and… no human mind has conceived” — the things God has prepared for those who love him.” 1 Corinthians 2:9

I was listening to music on the radio… PUSHING! I drive my wife nuts when she’s with me because I am a button pusher. If I don’t like a song or commercial that’s on, I push buttons until I find something I do. The song, “I Can Only Imagine,” by MercyMe, came on and I listened. Later, when John Lennon’s “Imagine” came on. I quickly hit another button! Then, I began to really imagine…

At FLAP (our Church Bible Study) we often discuss questions we might ask God, if He granted 2 minutes with Him now. It is ALWAYS interesting! Over the years, I think I’ve heard it all…”Will there be pets in heaven? Marriage? Ice cream? Dancing? Beer? And once, from an elderly lady, SEX!?” ALL the questions point to satisfying the real inner desires of the person asking the question.

Larry Gatlin had a song years ago that had this chorus:

Will they have Mogen David in Heaven?
Dear Lord, we’d all like to know
Will they have Mogen David in Heaven, sweet Jesus?
If they don’t, who the hell wants to go?

You can now appreciate the issue. If MY thing won’t be there… why bother imagining Heaven good? The Bible is clear. If I find myself imagining what heaven WILL be like, and mentally approve ‘only’ the things ‘I’ like, I might get into trouble. In fact, the verse today tells me that when it comes to imagining what Heaven will be like, I needn’t bother!’ It’s an impossible and selfish waste of my time!

I smile now, sitting with Jesus, and think about the Heaven questions some more. I can imagine myself asking Him, “Lord, will there be ___________ in Heaven?” And before I ask, I already KNOW that if it isn’t in His Word, I WON’T get an answer. But I CAN hear Him reply to me, “But ‘I’ll’ be there! Is THAT good enough for you?” It is at that moment I smile cuz… I have no more questions!

Are YOU content with Jesus… or are you looking for more?