Did you ever want something with such a desire that you could hardly think of anything else? Did you always get everything you wanted? The Bible tells us of a man who stated that whatever he wanted was not withheld from him. If you are a Bible student, you know this man was Solomon. Yet, in all that he had, he did not find happiness.
Now a big question. Do you want to go to Heaven when this life is over? There is a song we used to sing where I grew up. Part of it stated, “…when the saints go marching in; Lord, I want to be in that number…” Only a fool would not want to go to Heaven. However, just wanting it does not give assurance that it will be a reality. Jesus gave a plain and simple answer to the question of who will be in the heavenly kingdom. “Not everyone who says to Me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ shall enter the kingdom of heaven, but he who does the will of My Father in heaven” (Matthew 7:21 NKJV). The fact remains that just wanting to go to Heaven will not get us there. Some of us are old enough to remember the lyrics of an old spiritual that said, “Everybody talkin’ about it, ain’t gonna be going there…” Do you want to go to Heaven? I mean, do you really want to go to Heaven? If so, you had better become a student of God’s Word and obey it.
