66. Names Written in Heaven
Luke 10:20 Rather rejoice, because your names are written in heaven.
As wonderful as it seems to you that the spirits are subject to you, that is not what you rejoice in. What really makes you full of joy is the promise: “your names are written in heaven.” Every day this promise is true, and every time we remember it and thank God for it our hearts are filled with joy and our mouths with rejoicing.
If your name is written in heaven, and it is, it is more sure and certain than if it were written in granite or marble: your name is actually recorded there in the presence of God. The believer’s name is written in the Book of Life, and One Day that book will be opened for all to see and he will be eternally blessed. You can be sure your name is there and that nothing can erase it. And in the midst of any kind of deep sadness that thought will give you great joy.
The kingdom of heaven is eternal, another world entirely outside of the time and space which we experience. We don’t see that world and we do not see our name written there. But Jesus tells us that it is, and that Word and Promise is more certain and more real than anything we see here in this world. He says it, He writes it, we hear it, we read it, and the Holy Spirit engraves the promise on our hearts so that the faith He gives actually sees what can’t be seen.
When you see you will rejoice. You also will say, “My Lord and my God.”