As I sat enjoying my coffee in the lobby of the church Sunday morning, my ears began to be filled with the sweet sound of worship just beyond the sanctuary doors. I soon found myself walking toward the entrance of the sanctuary. I wasn’t sure if I wanted to enter. If I heard the songs in this service would it make the next service less intimate for me? I was then reminded that I had no choice but to enter and help with offering, as I had signed up to do this previously. I walked through the doors and an atmosphere of worship spilled out into the hall and through the lobby. The room was flooded with people from every background, every ethnicity, every brokenness and somehow we were all in the same place, worshiping the same precious God with a unique passion that connected us as one.
I wondered if this flood of emotion would be what heaven felt like. Would we all be worshiping in our brokenness or would we have realized that we are no longer broken in the eyes of Christ and be worshiping in our fullness. Would we be leaping for joy or be so overwhelmed that standing seemed impossible? After seeing him, would we be able to walk away from his presence like so many of us do on a Sunday morning or would we cling to him like the children he has created us to be and take his presence everywhere we go?
How many of us stand outside the entrance to heaven wondering if this is it or if there will be a second round that is better than the first? How many of us just assume there will be another opportunity? How many of us hesitate to encounter Christ because what if he calls us to our knees or worse, what if he calls us to stand?
As I take this journey, I am opening the door to a place I have never been, to experiences I have never had and to emotions that I am sure I have never felt. I am scared but I feel it would be wrong to wait because maybe my second opportunity will be better than the first. It is time to stand and cling to the father we know we have always wanted and have always had. It is time we trust fall into the hands of Christ and let go of our insecurities and doubts along the way. Don’t wait until tomorrow, don’t wait until 5 minutes from now, just jump and allow the hand-glide of Christ to guide you to your designed destination.
Exodus 33:14
And he said, “My presence will go with you, and I will give you rest”
