Thursday, February 5, 2015

A Consciousness of Heaven, Part 2

In continuing the discussion about Heaven, let us remember that Heaven is real and is supposed to directly affect our lives here on earth. Our responsibility as Christians is to make the reality of Heaven the reality of the Earth. One of the ways that we can better do that is to remember where we come from.

Many of us still believe that we come from the Earth. Wrong. No saints, we come from Heaven. Remember, the essence of our being is spirit. God is a Spirit. All human creation comes from God. Therefore, your origin is Heaven, not Earth. God does not reside in the Earth, His Throne is in Heaven (Isaiah 66).

With this in mind, too many of us have grown too comfortable on this planet. Earth is not our home. We are pilgrims and strangers. A friend of mine once asked the question, "If Christians are just pilgrims passing through, then why are we carrying so much luggage?"  We should be acting like "spiritual aliens." There ought to be something about us and within us that says, "I just don't feel right down here, I want to go Home."

Needless to say, this is not the mind-set, I would say, of many Christians. And that saints, is part of the problem. We have to get reconnected to our heavenly roots. We have to operate in this earthly pilgrimage with the understanding that Heaven is not simply our Eternal Destination, it's also our Divine Heritage. We must continue to cultivate a Consciousness of Heaven.

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