Years ago an old-time evangelist and his wife were traveling to a meeting by bus. One of the stops was at a little mountain store in the Carolinas. The preacher’s wife, looking out the window, noticed a humble country woman hanging up her wash. She jokingly said to her husband, “Vance, she doesn’t know the rest of the world exists,” to which he replied, “For goodness sake, don’t tell her!”
Until recent years, God’s plain people were content with simply believing heaven was a place with streets of gold, gates of pearl, a river of life, etc. But nowadays they are being told that all these things are to be taken spiritually; that they are figurative, and not meant to be taken literally. The one thing wrong with this is that none of these know-it-alls replace the common people’s hope with anything better.
The word scholar is derived from the Latin word, schola, meaning “school.” The Bible’s definition, as well as the dictionary’s is, “a student or pupil” (1Chron.25:8). Maybe some of the so-called scholars of our day ought to go back to school and continue their learning.
I have photographs of beautiful, breathtaking places where I’ve been, but not one picture captures what the reality was really like. Dear saint of God, don’t you worry your pretty little head about it. If heaven is not all you thought it to be, it will still surpass your fondest dream. So, dream on!
Nothing is more contrary to a heavenly hope than an earthly heart. (William Gurnall).
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