Not Just My Imagination!…

Isaiah 55:12 “For you will go out with joy And be led forth with peace; The mountains and the hills will break forth into shouts of joy before you, And all the trees of the field will clap their hands. 

I can only imagine…

God spoke this to His beloved Israel (and therefore us because we are grafted in). WE KNOW that what God speaks… So will My word be which goes forth from My mouth; It will not return to Me empty, Without accomplishing what I desire, And without succeeding in the matter for which I sent it. (Isaiah 55:11) will INDEED happen!

INDEED… I believe it happens now… Thy will be done on earth, AS IT IS IN HEAVEN!

I believe a celebration, the likes of which we have yet to see, happens EVERY TIME a heart is fully given to our God.

1 Corinthians 13:12 For now we see in a mirror dimly, but then face to face; now I know in part, then I will know fully just as I also have been fully known.

We do see dimly… we go into some of our churches (buildings of religion) and we say to each other, “SHHHHH!” and “Behave like serious adults!”.

Mountains and the hills breaking forth into shouts of joy???

All the trees of the field clapping their hands???

When was the last time you went out with joy and were led forth with peace?

Instead of looking into OUR mirror, we desperately need to look, face to face, through the eyes of God.

Psalm 100:1-3 Shout joyfully to the Lord, all the earth. Serve the Lord with gladness; come before Him with joyful singing. Know that the Lord Himself is God; it is He who has made us, and not we ourselves; We are His people and the sheep of His pasture.

Psalm 100:4 Enter His gates with thanksgiving and His courts with praise. Give thanks to Him, bless His name.

No, this earth is NOT ALWAYS a happy place. It is hard to imagine a place where celebration never ends! And then to imagine that it is all triggered by God’s desire, and brought to fruition by His Word!

John 3:16 “For God so loved the world, that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him shall not perish, but have eternal life.”

Psalm 149:1 Praise the Lord! Sing to the Lord a new song, and His praise in the congregation of the godly ones. 

Psalm 149:2-3 Let Israel be glad in his Maker; let the sons of Zion rejoice in their King. Let them praise His name with dancing; Let them sing praises to Him with timbrel and lyre. 

We say… Thy will be done… then we grit our teeth, set our faces to permanent frown, and act as if His will is too much to bear.

As it is in heaven… do we imagine that this is eternal life? A joyless life of never ending toil and trouble?

Is this the good news of great joy we, the body of Christ, are preparing ourselves and others for?

Romans 8:15 For you have not received a spirit of slavery leading to fear again, but you have received a spirit of adoption as sons by which we cry out, “Abba!

People! Our Daddy declares us His and He is not a quiet God. He loves to PARTY! Our churches should be a place of joyous celebration, a dim look into the mirror of heaven. What are we afraid of? Offending our God with  praises for, of, and to Him? Afraid of Him rejecting us as we run to Him shouting, “Abba… Papa… Daddy!” Don’t look in the mirror… look into our Father’s eyes of PERFECT LOVE!

In heaven His will is DONE. On earth there is a little groaning left to do…

Romans 8: 19 For the anxious longing of the creation waits eagerly for the revealing of the sons of God

But in both places, when God’s children are revealed… you “should” go out with joy And be led forth with peace; The mountains and the hills will break forth into shouts of joy before you, And all the trees of the field will clap their hands. 

**FYI… the reveal is to creation – not to you… you already KNOW the answer to, “Whose your Daddy?”

Do you know the Lord Jesus, God’s own Son, whom God sent so that you would not perish but have eternal life?

Have you given your heart fully to our God by saying YES to His Son and trusting Him that your adoption papers are completed, certified, and registered in the Book of Life?

If you have… listen! Can you hear the shouts of joy and the trees clapping? It’s happening in heaven!

If you haven’t… Do it NOW! You will go out with joy And be led forth with peace.

IMAGINE THAT!!

**All Scripture quoted comes from the “Bible Gateway” app and is the NASB  version of the Bible