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THIS WEEK: What Will Not Be In Heaven OR "That Would Be The Life."
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A Place Where There's No Desire To Gamble...
When some aren’t dreaming of a white Christmas, they are thinking about a dream house, a dream car, a dreamy debt-free life, a perpetuity trust for their progeny or a dreamy vacation that lasts the rest of their lives.
And so they march down to the convenience store counter and shell out an average $250 a year in lottery tickets. If you’re a little lazy, you can save the steps and pull out your smart phone and gamble on the latest soccer, basketball or football game.
Dreams, especially ones that create habits, suggest that people aren’t satisfied with the life they are living.
One thing that won’t be in heaven is gambling. Everyone there will be more than satisfied...they will be ecstatic.
One would counter: “We can’t always be ecstatic down here.”
Another might retort: “But what makes you unsatisfied?”
Still, a wise man might ask: “Isn’t gambling a sign that you don’t believe that God will provide you with your daily bread and that you just might be playing God…plying a little shortcut to your provision - not to mention those “dreams”?
Not being a gambling man, I’ll just dream about heaven.
PORTAL TO HEAVEN: When we’re in the presence of God The Father, Son and Holy Spirit, there won’t be a “chance” that there will be a need to gamble.
Whom have I in heaven but you? And earth has nothing I desire besides you.Whom have I in heaven but you? I desire you more than anything on earth.
Psalm 73:25 NIV/NLT
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