Heaven. We have a desire—really a need—to live a life without problems, without pain, without sickness and suffering, without sadness and fear. We want peace and joy, wellness and security, to have all we need to live meaningful lives, for us and for all those around us.
All of the world craves peace.
We were wired for this, for shalom—wholeness, completeness, soundness, health, safety and prosperity, and permanently. That was the state for which we were created to live. That’s what You intended in the garden of Eden. And this world ain’t it.
But shalom—heaven—awaits us. You promise it. We pray Lord to remember and not expect that this life is heaven. We pray to be filled with hope knowing that someday we will experience heaven, and not to let this world and our situations rob of us that knowledge and truth.
There is hope in You God, always, in this life and the life to come. While we wait to enter heaven, may we live expectedly of it. May it soften the blows of this world. May it mute the angst we experience. May it fill our hearts with a contentment and joy that can’t be shaken.
In our Savior Jesus’ Name we pray. Amen.
