Dreamin' of Heaven

When I first visited Orlando, Florida, I realized why it's called the "Theme Park Capital of the World." 

Disney World theme parks and resorts cover 30,000 acres. As if that weren't enough, there's the competitive Universal Studios, the legendary Sea World, plus a plethora of smaller amusement parks like Legoland, Aquatica, and Discovery Cove.

All of these theme parks are successful because people love fantasy. There are a number of negative applications I could make about our desire to fantasize, but there's also a very positive one.

C.S. Lewis put it this way:
“If we find ourselves with a desire that nothing in this world can satisfy, the most probable explanation is that we were made for another world.” 

We love imagining things beyond our world because our spirits are designed for more than our present reality. We know there is something missing.  

Most of the world thinks they can fulfill their longings with health, wealth, fame, or fantasy.

Christians know that "our citizenship is in heaven" (Philippians 3:20-21). We will only be fully satisfied when we gaze into the eyes of our Savior...and that's better than any fantasy we could create.

Some Scriptural encouragement:

This is one of my favorite promises:
1 Corinthians 13:12: "For now we see only a reflection as in a mirror; then we shall see face to face. Now I know in part; then I shall know fully, even as I am fully known."

2 Corinthians 4:18: "So we fix our eyes not on what is seen, but on what is unseen, since what is seen is temporary, but what is unseen is eternal."

John 14:3: "When everything is ready, I will come and get you, so that you will always be with me where I am." ~ Jesus 

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