"Making it Real"

"Sing unto the LORD with the harp; with the harp, and the voice of a psalm." (Psalms 98:5)
Besides just thinking about what is ahead, we need to believe it with all of our heart. I sometimes wonder about certain things, but then I catch myself and pray for God to strengthen my faith. It's okay to doubt now and again; but you had better know how and where to find your strength, because the enemy will use every bit of doubt that you have to cause you to give up and to turn the other way. Is that even possible? I believe it is possible for a child of God to walk away from his calling and to be drawn back into the world; I have seen it happen time and time again. Does that mean that they have lost their salvation? Nope! They know where it is, they have never lost it, they walked away from it and have chosen a different path than the one they were placed upon. Does that mean that they will no longer be in heaven? No, I don't believe that will be the case, not if they were truly saved in the first place; God does not unsave anyone, that's not even a word, let alone something that can actually happen. I heard Dr. Jeffress speaking about this the other day, and I felt the Holy Spirit confirming what he said within my spirit. There are more than one degrees of heaven, just as their are more than one degrees of saints; there are saints that sell out totally for the Lord, and there are saints that don't. You are either a saint, or you ain't! Did you come to a life changing experience when you gave your heart to the Lord? Did you receive the Holy Spirit and did the Word of God come alive in you? Then you were saved and given eternal life; and if that was the case, God does not throw you back into the fire! You were snatched up from the fires of hell the moment you accepted Christ into your heart; but God was not done with you yet, and your new life had just begun. Some people have no problem moving straight into ministry and making everything they do revolve around church and doing the Lord's work; while others, not so much. Some of us plan to incorporate serving the Lord into our career or our business, making due with supplemental ministries that only take up a small portion of our time. Others, they might do nothing at all, just get feed and try to stay out of trouble. But whatever category you are in, whether full on serving or just sitting there getting feed, you are still a saint if you have received God's free offer of salvation...
"It is good to give thanks to the LORD, to sing praises to the Most High. It is good to proclaim your unfailing love in the morning, and your faithfulness in the evening, accompanied by the ten-stringed harp and the melody of the lyre. You thrill me, LORD, with all you have done for me! I sing for joy because of what you have done. O LORD, what great works you do! And how deep are your thoughts. Only a simpleton would not know, and only a fool would not understand this: Though the wicked sprout like weeds and evildoers flourish, they will be destroyed forever. But you, O LORD, will be exalted forever." (Psalms 92:1-8) NLT