Comparing Miami's Celebration with Heaven's

The Super Bowl did not go as the experts thought it would. More people in the know predicted an Indianapolis victory than not. Although Drew Brees and the New Orleans Saints were a quality football team, they just didn't stand a chance against Peyton's boys from Indy. Hey, I thought the same thing.

A person asked me not long after the game, "I thought Indianapolis was supposed to win. Everybody said they were going to." Now, this person is not a football fan by any stretch of the imagination, much less someone who would spend any amount of time analyzing the game and trying to speak intelligently about it. This person has values far higher than a football game. They did, however, keep their ear to the ground enough to know what the predictions were and how the game SHOULD have ended.

I reminded the youngster that they had just witnessed WHY the game is played. On paper, anyone could see the Colts should have won the game. But the sixty minutes of playing time revealed that New Orleans was, at least on this night, a better team.

Aside from the game, the commercials, or the conversation I had with a youngster afterward, the one thing that caught my attention was a close up of Drew Brees holding his son during the celebration. This little boy, not yet a year old, looked wide-eyed at all the flashing lights, confetti, and crowds, taking it all in. He didn't cry, he didn't talk or even appear to be making an audible sound, but his eyes told his story. There, in the arms of his dad, he was seeing things he had likely never seen before.

What do you suppose will be the very first reaction to the splendor of Heaven? How do you think the Apostle John felt as the wonders of Heaven were revealed to him on Patmos? These are just some of the things we can think about today in preparation for that awesome day in Heaven. I have a strong suspicion, though, that the little Brees' experience in Miami won't hold a candle to that one. That leads us to the most important question you will consider in your life on this side of eternity: Will you one day experience that sight? If there are any doubts, please post a reply with your e-mail, and I'd be more than happy to share with you privately how you can be certain of that experience.