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One of the bigger duh moments in my life came when I stumbled upon [bible]Galatians 6:9[/bible]: “And let us not grow weary of doing good…” Growing weary in well-doing is an easy thing here. It’s heart-wrenching when we pour our lives into a person in evangelism, only to have that person walk away and never come to Christ, and discouraging when we put time and money into a mercy ministry only to have someone tear it down. Yes, even here on earth, we are commanded not to grow weary, because we know what’s to come, but still–weariness tempts us. We’re not where we belong, and a lost world can be very unconducive to our joy if we get caught up in it.
So there’s a sense in which world-weariness comes easily, especially when we’re engrossed in “doing good” and the fallen things we deal with here keep getting in the way. But there’s another kind of world-weariness that seems to come not so easily.[bibleblock]1 John 2:15-17[/bibleblock]Desires of the flesh, desires of the eyes; pride in possessions: all will be gone. If those are the things we’re setting our sights on, even temporarily, we will be horrified at the prospect of heaven, because heaven means that the worldly things are passed away. Part of cultivating heavenwardness, then, is examining my heart closely and, with God’s grace, eliminating the parts that want bits and pieces of this world to keep.
Another aspect of world-weariness that heaven will free us from is witnessing the rebellion of the unrighteous.[bibleblock]Romans 1:28-32[/bibleblock]Is it possible to read that passage without cringing? That’s the reality of life without God, and that’s what we witness all around us every day, knowing all the while how utterly offensive sin is to God. But in heaven, we won’t have to witness that anymore. Everyone and everything will acknowledge and worship God in spirit and in truth!
As we grow more and more consumed with awareness of how repugnant fallenness really is, then the delight of heaven will become that much more dear, because there is no world to grow weary of there!
