Something I was reading yesterday sparked a question in my mind. So, I'll ask you the question. Who (after Christ Jesus, of course!) are you MOST looking forward to meeting in Heaven? Now, when this question came to my mind, I was thinking of people in the Bible, but for you, it may be your grandmother, or other family member, or, or, or...So I'll narrow it down for you. OTHER than someone you knew here on earth, and not necessarily from the Bible, would you like to meet 2nd, after Jesus Christ?
Tough question! I've always thought I'll love to sit with Paul...and not necessarily talk, but LISTEN! But there are so many others, as well! I've always loved Samuel! And David, of course! The master psalmist! I've logged many hours in his psalms, but then another psalmist I love is Asaph! Now I've read that Asaph, as the designated psalmist of Psalm 74, lived long before this psalm was written, so it could have been written by one of his descendants or to a choir guild that bore his name. But Psalms 50 and 73 through 83 all say they were written by Asaph, so I always like to think of Asaph as one man, the composer of them all. But, we'll find out when we get there!
The above assortment certainly leaves out MANY others I can't wait to visit with. I mean, aren't you looking forward to sitting down to dinner with Ruth? Here she was, a Moabitess, but comes back to Judah with her mother-in-law and ends up in the line of Christ! WOW! AND she was David's great grandmother! Yeah, I'm DEFINITELY looking forward to meeting HER!!!
But then, think of all the saints who are already home with Him who aren't in the Bible, but who God used to greatly impact the Church! George Muller, Dietrich Bonhoeffer, the first Christians who crossed the Atlantic to live in America, and on & on. Then there are contemporary saints to look forward to meeting: Charles Stanley, David Jeremiah, Steve Green, Ravi Zacharias, Erwin Lutzer ...please don't tell me you're not looking forward to Heaven! It's gonna be GREAT!!! :)
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