Are You Preparing For Heaven?

[Thompson, Darryl]

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Ellen G. White Estate, Devotional for October 13
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Are You Preparing For Heaven?

Eye hath not seen, nor ear heard, neither have entered into the heart of
man, the things which God hath prepared for them that love him. 1 Cor.
2:9.

What a work is before us. We need greater faith in Christ and the
Father, for this we must certainly have, else we shall be counted with
the unbelievers. We see great opportunities and a great amount of work
to do. We want the sanctification of the Holy Spirit. We cannot afford
to miss the mark of the prize of the high calling in Christ Jesus. The
sanctification of the truth, confirming man's steadfastness in the
faith, will constitute men laborers together with God.

United with the Source of all power, persevering in duty, enlarging the
apprehension of the love of God in Christ Jesus, they become one with
Christ, until they are complete with Christ in God.

The glories that await the faithful overcomer are beyond any
description. The Lord will greatly honor and exalt His faithful ones.
They shall grow like the cedar, and their comprehension will be
certainly increasing. And at every advanced stage of knowledge their
anticipation will fall far beneath the reality. "Eye hath not seen, nor
ear heard, neither have entered into the heart of man, the things which
God hath prepared for them that love him" (1 Cor. 2:9). Our work now is
to prepare for those mansions that God is preparing for those who love
Him and keep His commandments.... The Lord Jesus will enlarge every mind
and heart for the reception of the Holy Spirit. . . . 

Time is short. Let the little time you have be employed for your own
present and eternal good by active Christian service, doing all the good
possible. Redeem the time that has been lost; seek first the kingdom of
God and His righteousness. Then you will have something to impart in
good works, in cheerful, consecrated influence. . . . 

What preparation have you made for the future, eternal world? . . . You
want something higher and better than you now have. You may exert a
conscious and unconscious influence in right doing. God deserves
something better from you as His subject than that which you have given
Him. Carefully consider: Are you standing under the banner of Prince
Emmanuel, or under the black banner of the prince of darkness? There is
an obligation resting upon you to return the influence and money that is
lent you of the Lord to advance His cause and glorify His name.

The Lord calls upon you, "My son, give me thine heart."

>From Devotional: Our Father Cares, p. 265.