Heaven can wait...Praise Him Now!!!

There are those who will tell you that when they get to heaven, they will be Praising God and singing songs to Him. Their idea of eternity is somewhere far off in the future – a finish line, a destination. Jesus said in John 17:3 “This is life eternal that they may know thee” …..” That is eternity, knowing God. Its to be NOW, not in the future. We are to Praise Him here and now, in this life. We believers can enter into eternity NOW, by praising Him. David said “I will bless the Lord at ALL times and His Praise will continually be in my mouth!”

Why wait, when we can come into His presence with Praise now? Ps 100:4 tells us to enter His gates with thanksgiving and Praise. Once in the courts of our King, we enter His presence. You can only know God by being in His presence and sitting at His feet, listening to His heart. Many know about God but few go on to really KNOW Him. There is a large difference here. One is information, the other is EXPERIENCE. The Father wants us ALL to know him.

One night at church the presence of God fell on me during worship and I fell to the floor, overcome with His presence. I lay on the floor for some two hours while the pastor spoke. I just lay in the Father’s presence blanketed in His love. That night was one that changed things in my life. It was like the Father had opened my heart up with the precision of a surgeon and began pouring His love into me. I cried with joy and was totally unable to move the whole time. This experience changed knowing about God into knowing God’s heart. That night I never did get to take communion, but I HAD communion with the Father.

What brought me into the Fathers presence? Praise! The Father that night came and inhabited my praises and those of all the worshipers. In His manifest presence I beheld His beauty and tasted of His love for me. That night I touched God – or rather, He touched me. Now, like King David, I will bless the Lord at all times and His praise will continually be in my mouth. – riverkid