SID: Rick was in Heaven for eight hours. And I recently asked him, what were the two most profound things from this trip to Heaven that you were told. Tell me about when He, when the Lord said to you, you had the key of joy. What did that mean?
RICK: Well He said that I had used the key to eternal joy to have that experience.
SID: And so what is it?
RICK: That’s what I said. I said, “Lord, what did I do? What key?” Yeah. He said, when I set my heart to do the things that would bring him joy, that brought him pleasure instead of just seeking my own pleasure, my own joy, He said, that is the key to eternal joy, because it is the joy of the Lord, not our joy, that is our strength.
SID: And so the paradigm is all wrong for most believers. Most believers are after their joy and it’s a paradox when you go, if I’m understanding you right, Rick, when you go after God’s joy, what is going to make him joyful, you end up with more joy than if you were going after your joy. Is that what you’re saying?
RICK: He says we were created for his pleasure. So I did a, I did study, research, what are the things that bring God joy? And I set my heart to do these things every day. As much as I can, I’m going to, today I’m going to bring the Lord joy. And when I set about to do that, that somehow that was the key. But He said it was a key every believer has and we can use it every day. But it’s mostly focusing on Him, bringing Him pleasure, bringing Him joy. It is the joy of the Lord that is our strength.
SID: Give me two practical things that you might do to bring Him joy.
RICK: Well it says, the prayer of the upright is his delight. So I try to fulfill or obey, take every thought captive, turn my vain imaginations into intercession, to prayer, use my mind for him and my thoughts for Him, and to pray continually is what, and I set about to do that. I’m a long ways from getting that done. But and then it talks about, you know, when one sinner repents it brings joy to all of Heaven. And I think, you know, to lead people to the Lord, this is something, you know, we have got to be fundamentally devoted.
SID: You had another profound experience in Heaven, which is almost unbelievable to me. Tell me about that.
RICK: I’ve had experiences in Heaven before, but this one was much greater even then I’ve had before, a better place. And then He let me experience it alone, and it was it’s like, this didn’t happen anymore. It’s not even fun, you know. And Heaven, I think a profound part of this whole revelation was how important koinonia fellowship is, that we’ve got to have with God and with one another that without this even Heaven wouldn’t be Heaven without him and without one another. I believe God created Adam to need him more than anything else, but to need other people, too. We need, we have to have this kenaniah fellowship that we’re called to, which is supposed to be the foundation of church. Our basic job description as a human being is to love God. I think if we set our heart, this can be the main thing I’m going to do with my life. This is going to be the main thing that determines whether we’re successful or not. How much do we love God. And then love one another. And the manifestation of these two things, I think, is, you know, is going to bring Heaven to Earth, and that’s what He showed me at the end of this whole experience.
SID: So you got to bring Heaven to Earth.
RICK: I think that’s our basic calling.
SID: But you know what? I’m reminded the Messiah said that if you do these two things, you fulfill all of the Law. And what were the two things? Love God with all of your heart and love your neighbor as yourself. It’s so simple. You need to help confused, Rick.
RICK: It is. We’re told not to be beguiled from the simplicity of devotion to Christ.
SID: I’ll tell you what. I want you to pray whatever God shows you for a Heaven impartation to jumpstart our friendship with God and our walking the love walk. Would you pray that right now?
RICK: Lord, I pray for everyone watching, everyone who hears this. Lord, I ask that the greatest devotion, the greatest accomplishment we could ever have would be what we fasten our attention, our focus and our life on, that is loving you above all things, that we could then love one another the way we’re supposed to. And Lord, I ask you to make us contagious with that. I ask you to make us so contagious with the love of God that everyone we come in contact with would catch it, and they could never be cured. In Jesus’ name, I pray this prayer. Amen.
SID: When you walk in God’s love, according to the New Testament, you’re walking in God. When you’re dwelling in his love, you’re dwelling in God. So I challenge you. I challenge myself. Become a friend of God. The first step to be a friend is to get rid of anything separating you from Him. That’s called sin. Believe that Jesus died in your place, and He remembers your sin no more when you repent of them. And then ask Him to dwell inside of you and be your Lord. Welcome to the family.
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