How often do we think about what it will be like to be in glory? Jesus has promised that He has gone there to prepare a place for us (John 14:1-6), and that He will come again to take us to be with Him. This world and this life are so filled with hardship, disappointment, and misery, isn’t it a wonder that think so seldom about the “joy unspeakable and full of glory” (1 Peter 1:8) which lies ahead of us, and is partially ours even now in anticipation of that day?
While the Bible doesn’t give us a lot of detail about what the new heavens and earth will look like (other than the highly symbolic descriptions in apocalyptic books like Revelation) or what we will do there for unending ages into eternity (again part from those passages in Revelation), God has revealed enough to whet our appetites, as it were, and to leave us looking forward to the day when “faith shall be sight.” The God who has ordained all our days (Psalm 139:16) has not only ordained all our days in this life, but also in the life to come. And what incredibly wonderful things has He ordained for us into eternity? Shouldn’t we be thinking of those and singing of them now?