God Has Set Eternity in Your Heart
Day 349

Even if you know that heaven is your eternal destiny, you have probably
had days when you've said, "Oh Lord, just take me home now." Do you
long for the time when you never have to say good-bye again? When there
will be no more sickness, no more suffering, no more growing old?

The Bible says God has set eternity in your heart. To long for a better
place is not a vain hope or delusion. You were made for eternity, and
because of this, you can never be fully satisfied until you get to
heaven.

"Training our minds and hearts, the totality of our being on heaven is
instinctive because our souls are eternal," says Dr. Joseph Stowell.
"There's something in us that feels right about believing there is
something on the other side of death.

"But instincts don't quite cut it because you have to have some
content. When we are born again in Jesus Christ, when we've repented of our
sin and embraced the finished work of Christ on the cross and have been
reborn so that the Holy Spirit lives within us, now these instincts for
eternity suddenly take on meaning because the Holy Spirit excites and
nurtures our desire for home."

Let God's Spirit move inside you and excite you to live life in light
of eternity.

"He has made everything beautiful in its time. He has also set eternity
in the hearts of men; yet they cannot fathom what God has done from
beginning to end" (Ecclesiastes 3:11).

Holy Spirit, I can't wait for heaven. No more tears, no more good-byes,
no more sadness, just Jesus Christ and His love. Amen.

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