"Wherefore!"

  "Wherefore we receiving a kingdom which cannot be moved, let us have grace, whereby we may serve God acceptably with reverence and godly fear:" (Hebrews 12:28 KJV)

  "All praise to God, the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly realms because we are united with Christ. Even before he made the world, God loved us and chose us in Christ to be holy and without fault in his eyes. God decided in advance to adopt us into his own family by bringing us to himself through Jesus Christ. This is what he wanted to do, and it gave him great pleasure. So we praise God for the glorious grace he has poured out on us who belong to his dear Son." (Ephesians 1:3-6 NLT) 

 When I think about some of those who I hope to see in Heaven, it gives me peace in my heart for the day that is quickly approaching; whether it is by His soon return, or by soon passing, I am looking forward to the fellowship that is going to take place in Heaven! If we truly believe that Heaven is our home, then we need to be looking forward to being there, because that is our greatest hope!

 There is a word in this verse that has me wanting to know what it actually means: "acceptably." This word is shown to only be in this verse, which is an adverb meaning, "quite agreeably." That might not seem as though it is all that and more; but it probably the most important thing we need to do: Agree with God, no matter what! 

 There are certain things that we might go through, thinking that whatever is going on, that God's not doing what we want or asking for Him to do; which really causes many to feel discouragement or think that God doesn't care. Whatever it is that has us feeling that way, we need to change the direction that we are looking for, accepting what God wants to do or not do.

 Either HE is GOD, or He is not; that is something we need to make real in our own hearts...

"The LORD directs the steps of the godly. He delights in every detail of their lives. Though they stumble, they will never fall, for the LORD holds them by the hand." (PSALM 37:23-24 NLT)