I like to think about what it will be like when I reach Heaven. I can’t come close to imagining the reality of being with the Lord, of course. The nature of eternity and the magnitude of God’s glory are beyond my ability to imagine, but I like to try anyway.
After I plead guilty to all my sins, and I am pardoned because I have been redeemed by the blood of Jesus, I will stand in the presence of God. I know it will be overwhelming. The glory of the Lord will shine so brightly. It will light Heaven so fully that there will be no shadows, no place not illuminated by His glory. I will bask in that Glory, in His presence.
That presence will be so overpowering that everything else will fade into insignificance. It isn’t just that the sins, the struggles, the sufferings and the heartbreaks of this life will be forgotten, they just won’t matter anymore. All those things I have carried in this life like they are heavy burdens will disintegrate into nothing more than a light coating of dust that is blown off me by the power of His glory. They just won’t matter.
All that will matter is being in the presence of God. Then I will understand that this is the reason for which I was created. To celebrate His presence and to praise Him — to worship. That is my function. This is what I have truly wanted all of my life, even when I had no idea this is what I wanted. As His glory shines all around me, and I join the body of Christ in praise, I will realize that this is total fulfillment. Nothing else will matter. No other relationship. No other love. All that means anything is being with Him and praising Him.
And as I experience that moment of pure elation, I live in it for eternity. It does not grow old because it has no chance. Eternity is not the passing of an unlimited amount of time. Eternity is the absence of time. I stay in that moment of supreme joy, and it never loses its edge. The nature of God and His glory overwhelms me with its magnitude and its magnificence, and I stay in that state of wonder and live in it forever.
I am ecstatic, and nothing else matters to me but being there and being with Him in that ultimate moment and eternity of worship.