Rejoicing in Heaven

Have you ever thought about what happens in heaven when a person gets saved?  Sometimes we read or hear about certain verses in the Word and it sounds nice but we don’t really meditate on what is being said and we miss the beauty of it all.  

Jesus told a Parable in Luke 15 about lost sheep which would include every one of us at one time.  We all know that Jesus came to save the one that was lost.  When the Pharisees and the teachers of the law accused Jesus of eating with sinners Jesus told them this story found in verses 3–7, “Then Jesus told them this parable: “Suppose one of you has a hundred sheep and loses one of them. Does he not leave the ninety-nine in the open country and go after the lost sheep until he finds it? And when he finds it, he joyfully puts it on his shoulders and goes home. Then he calls his friends and neighbors together and says, ‘Rejoice with me; I have found my lost sheep.’ I tell you that in the same way there will be more rejoicing in heaven over one sinner who repents than over ninety-nine righteous persons who do not need to repent.”

These Pharisees and teachers were very self-righteous and wouldn’t think of going to a sinner’s house let alone eating with one.  Jesus basically said if one of you loses a sheep you will go and find it and when you find it you will rejoice over it.  Of course they couldn’t understand what Jesus was trying to teach them because spiritual things are spiritually discerned.  Jesus was relating sheep to people teaching that all were sinners in need of a Savior, which was Jesus the Lamb of God who takes away the sins of the world.  Jesus was the only one in the crowd that wasn’t a sinner. The Pharisees and the Teachers of the law needed to repent but they thought they were already righteous walking in their self-righteousness, looking down on everyone else that wasn’t a part of their group.  

I know these things are very important because if we were truthful we would all probably be guilty of self-righteousness sometime in our lives.  But as I was reading this, my focus was on verse 7 which says, “I tell you that in the same way there will be more rejoicing in heaven over one sinner who repents than over ninety- nine righteous persons who do not need to repent.”  

Over the years I have written some songs, some are praise songs and some are not. One day a while back I was reading this portion of scripture and I was inspired to write a song on the subject of the rejoicing in heaven and what I thought happens when a person repents and receives the Lord.  I am not saying that this is biblical just what I thought of at the time.  I think there is real rejoicing in heaven and I thought about a party going on.  I thought about the angels singing, also the Cherubim being there.  I thought about the sinner weeping and praying and finding redemption.  I thought about the angels shouting and the heavens filling with praise.  I thought about the trumpets sounding and music filling the air and the peace and joy that was everywhere.  I thought about the Christians getting their house in order, for the Lord may call them home, then they will be in that heavenly throng.  How happy the inhabitants of heaven must be when a soul is snatched from the evil one and the fires of Hell.  Praise the Lord for His wonderful grace.  God bless and have a great day.