THOUGHT: Have your expectations ever exceeded your reality?

BIBLE: “Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ. Because of his great mercy he has given us new birth into a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead and into an inheritance that is imperishable, undefiled, and unfading, kept in heaven for you.” 1 Peter 1:3-4

TRANSCRIPT: Have your expectations ever exceeded the reality? Let me tell you what I'm talking about. I remember one time I had a friend and he was setting up an Airbnb for a business trip we were on, he's like, "Oh, man, it's gonna be awesome, it's gonna be so great." And he showed me some pictures of the Airbnb, you know where I'm going with this, "Yeah, man, the pictures look great." And then when we showed up to the place, it was like you could hear gunshots in the distance, and it's like in a terrible part of town, and the outside of the building looked horrible. And we're like, "Where are we staying?" "Well, man, it looks so good online," it just didn't look that great in reality. So many times our expectations are way different from what reality is, and so when your expectation are high and reality comes in low, then that distance is your disappointment, you're disappointed. It's not like what you hoped it would be, it's less than what you thought it was gonna be.

It's like, "Is this all there is to it?" Well, let me tell you some really good news, you're never gonna feel that way about heaven, You're not gonna say, Well, you know, you were put in Heaven and it's so great, but it's not really that great." No, no one's ever gonna say that about heaven. "This is not as good as I thought." No, no, it's beyond our ability to fully comprehend. In fact, the Bible talks about that 1 Peter Chapter 1, Verse 3-4 says, "Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, because of His great mercy, He has given us a new birth into a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead." Get this, "And into an inheritance that is imperishable, undefiled, unfading kept in Heaven for you."

Now, I love that because it gives us a little flavor about what heaven is like, it says, number one, that it is imperishable, in other words, it's not going to go out of style, it's not gonna get old, it's not gonna get rough. I remember talking to somebody about a resort and they said, "Yeah, it was good, but it's just so dated." Nobody's gonna go to heaven and go, "Man, this thing is so dated, can we replace the carpet here?" Alright, it's imperishable. It's undefiled, meaning, there's nothing wrong with it, it's perfect.

It is perfect, there's no defilement of any kind, and it is unfading, in other words, it's not like over the course of time in heaven, it just gets older and mundane and kind of too common. No, there is an ever-exceeding... I think 2 Corinthians says, "An ever exceeding glory of glory, upon glory, that the more we're in heaven, the more overwhelmed we are with being in heaven." And then my favorite thing, it says here that "It's kept safe for you, it is reserved for you." It's like a reservation, you call ahead and they say, "Oh, yeah, we have your reservation now, sir, we have kept this reservation with your name on it." Hey, listen, when you come to faith in Jesus Christ, you have a reservation and have it kept for you, reserved for you. Listen, it is beyond our expectation what Jesus' provide, "No eye has seen or ears heard, no mind has conceived what God has prepared for those who love Him." Are you going there? Do you know Jesus? You can know him for sure, right now, ask Him to come in your life. Say, "Lord, I wanna go to Heaven where you are."

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