IT IS VERY POSSIBLE

"And the ransomed of the LORD shall return, and come to Zion with songs and everlasting joy upon their heads: they shall obtain joy and gladness, and sorrow and sighing shall flee away" (Isaiah 35:10).

God’s plans for our lives are always good. He wants us to enjoy our time here on earth in peace, joy, righteousness, health and prosperity just the way things are in heaven. By heaven, we are not simply referring to the atmospheric space above the earth, but we mean the very abode of the Almighty God where His holy angels serve Him for ever and ever. The Bible describes heaven as a place where all sin and every other evil are forever excluded. It is a place where there is no curse nor sorrow, nor sighing, no tear, no death. It is a place of eternal bliss. The good news is that the earth was equally designed originally to be a type of heaven.

Since the time of Adam and Eve, it has been the purpose of God that we should experience heaven on earth. We were designed to be heavenly citizens sojourning on the earth. In order to make this a reality, God created a heavenly environment on the earth for our first parents. It was called the Garden of Eden. In that garden, not even a single problem was reported by Adam and Eve. There was neither lack nor pain, and impossibilities were never known there. It was meant to be like that for as long as the earth endures until sin came in through disobedience and changed everything. Man was then driven out of the garden, out of his terrestrial but heavenly environment.

But the misadventure of our first parents did not change the mind of God. That was why He sent His only begotten Son, Jesus Christ to reestablish for us the original purpose of God to give us heaven on earth. All we need to do is to return from the way of disobedience, and avoid what shortchanged Adam and Eve by committing to a life of obedience in Christ Jesus.

There are two points I will like to leave with you. First, I want to draw your attention to the fact that heaven on earth is a possibility

that could be realised by every believer. We know this is possible because our first parents, Adam and Eve had a taste of it. And when Jesus taught us to pray that God’s will be done on earth as it is done in heaven (Matthew 6:10), He was drawing our attention to the fact that it is possible to experience heaven on earth. If it is not possible, Jesus would not have asked us to make it our prayer point.

The second point I want you to consider is the desirability of a heavenly lifestyle on the earth. The gains are exceedingly numerous, but the summary is that everything that could be found in heaven can be made available to you on the earth. Romans 14:17 puts it all together in these words - righteousness, peace and joy in the Holy Ghost. Consider the superlative advantages of a life of peace, joy and contentment. Consider the blessings of a sin free life, a life without the burden of unrighteousness, a life that pleases God. Such a life is desirable to prepare us for the real heaven that Jesus has promised to those who follow Him. And I believe that no sacrifice would ever be too much or too high to pay for such a life.