BBD 07.27.02 Heaven's Floorboards (Classic)
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Classic from 1999
The Burning Bush Devotional
27 January 1999
Heaven’s Floorboards
And I John saw the holy city, new Jerusalem, coming down from God out of
heaven, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband. And I heard a great voice
out of heaven saying, Behold, the tabernacle of God is with men, and he will
dwell with them, and they shall be his people, and God himself shall be with
them, and be their God - Revelation 21:2-3.
What will Heaven be like? John attempts to describe his great vision of
Heaven in Revelation 21. But human words are insufficient to truly describe the wonder of a place
where God Himself is the light of the place. A place with golden streets, a
crystal sea, and the tree of life. Early Christians were encouraged by John’s
vision of Heaven. We should be encouraged as well knowing that some bright
shining day we too who know the Lord as our Savior will be living in the
Celestial City of God.
At an evangelism conference (About 23 years ago.) I was blessed to hear
Rick Ousley speak. At that time he was a pastor of a large and growing church
in the south. He said when he was about eight years old, he once asked his
Daddy what Heaven would be like. At the time they were on their way to visit
Rick’s grandmother. His Dad told him he would tell him later. Rick said his
grandmother’s house was built on a hill with the porch extending out over the
hill with supports. Rick would climb underneath of the porch to play.
Later that night Rick asked his Dad again what Heaven would be like. His
Dad took him outside and asked Rick what it was like underneath the porch where
he liked to play. He also asked him what the floorboards of the porch looked
like from underneath. Rick said he described how the floorboards were all dirty
with nails sticking through. There were dead bugs, spider webs, and it really
looked bad. It was a beautiful night with sky filled with stars. Rick said his
dad pointed up to all the sky and said, “Son, I really don’t know what Heaven will be like but up
there are the bottom of Heaven’s floorboards, and it just gets better from
there.”
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