What do the words ‘in heaven’ bring to mind?

A Perfect Place

God dwells in a place that is perfect, without spot or blemish. There is no sin in heaven! There are no unwanted distractions; there is nothing out of place.

Time and Space

God is not constrained by time and space, like we are. He is not of this world – He made this world! He is not limited to our time, or our timeframes. He is not limited to space, or a single place – he is everywhere. This brings great comfort to me, because often I want to be in multiple places at once. Many times in my life I am constrained by my natural self, unable to complete all that I want – but God is not constrained. He is not limited to once place, one time. Think about this for a second, and you realize very quickly this is a good thing. There are 6 Billion people in the world, how would he have time for us all otherwise?

Considering time, there is a lesson we can learn from hindsight. When we look back on our lives, we can see little things that happened, that maybe at the time made no sense, or just didn’t even get noticed at all. And yet when we look back we can see the hand of God guiding us, leading us, and ensuring that for now and the future, no matter what the time was, He was guiding us. God is not constrained by time, and that is an awesome thing! Even if we pray now, he may have already answered, by setting in motion the things that needed to occur at some time in the past. Amazing!

A Place Prepared

John 14:2-3 (ESV)

In my Father's house are many rooms. If it were not so, would I have told you that I go to prepare a place for you? And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again and will take you to myself, that where I am you may be also.

Our Father is in heaven, where we will be some day. He is already preparing a place for us to be, where everything will be perfect, and we will be free from sin. Deep inside every person is a yearning – a yearning for a perfect place. A yearning for something better that we have now. A yearning to know and be with God, because that is how He created us!

In Heaven

So when we think ‘Our Father in Heaven’, know that this means that He is in a better place, not constrained by our space and our time, but all present, all powerful. And yet, despite being in a perfect place, He is there preparing a place for us, and available for us to call out to, and to help us in our need.

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