Whom have I in heaven but you? Psalm 73:25 (NIV)
The first thing you need to know about heaven is that it is God-centered. “Whom have I in heaven but you?” (73:25). When John was given a vision of heaven, he saw that the Lamb of God (Jesus Christ) was at the center (Rev. 5:6; 7:17). God wants you to know that He is the center of all things in heaven, and that is why a person who lives wisely will make Him the center of all things on earth.
Whom do you have in heaven? Some have a grandmother and a grandfather in heaven, whom they were very close to and look forward to seeing. Some have a pastor whose ministry shaped their life as a teenager but is now in heaven. Surely if that is the case for you, you would have loved to share your life with him. Some of you have a husband or wife in heaven. Some have a child in heaven. Sometimes you think about seeing them and wonder what that will be like. There are people in heaven, and one of our joys will be to see them again.
There are also pleasures in heaven. “At your right hand are pleasures forevermore” (Ps. 16:11). We are not told much about these pleasures. Paul says that our minds cannot conceive what God has prepared for those who love him (1 Cor. 2:9). We would not be able to imagine it, even if God told us.
There are possessions in heaven. Certain things will be given to you that you do not have now. Crowns! Rewards! Many songs have been written about the “things” that will be ours in heaven. It is surely significant that the Bible says very little about the people, the pleasures, and the possessions of heaven. The one thing that is unmistakably clear is that we will be in the presence of Jesus. Ultimately, heaven is to be with Christ.
Asaph has grasped this. “Whom have I in heaven but you?”
Have you made Jesus the center of all things on earth for you?
