Wait! There’s More!

“Then Jacob had a dream: a stairway rested on the ground, with its top reaching to the heavens; and God’s messengers were going up and down on it.” Genesis 28:12

Sometimes God gives us dreams or visions to emphasize His message to us. My friend Charmz shared the beautiful vision God blessed her with in our prayer meeting yesterday. When she heard Mass in the Catholic Church of St. Peter and Paul in Singapore last All Soul’s Day, there was a symbolic coffin in the middle of the altar. She had her prayer time there, then while worshipping, she had a vision. She saw herself singing and worshipping the Lord with all the saints above her. Then she saw the coffin, her body was inside and she was dead. Although she was aware that her body was dead, she was one with the heavenly saints, united in worship. Then, she saw the faithful people who had gone ahead of her. They were all one in praising God. 

That afternoon, when she was heading towards the National Library, she took a different route without meaning to. She was led to enter the St Joseph Church. There she found another coffin at the center again. So she went inside and started praying in the middle of the church. When she went around the altar praying, she saw some statues of saints. When she looked up, she saw many more saints adorning the church.

 

My friend was amazed that the Lord made tangible the vision she had been given. She was genuinely grateful that the Lord allowed her to experience His personal love for her. But that was not all! 

Last month, my friend was blessed to go on a personal pilgrimage to Rome and other parts of Italy. She did not even imagine in her dreams that she would be able to see all those saints in all the churches she visited. Her vision became tangible on another level. The Lord was saying, “Wait, I have more..You have yet to experience your heavenly kingdom! I have something more for you in eternal life! You can have a foretaste of that everlasting joy while you are still on earth!”

 

What He let my friend experience in Singapore was a foretaste of what He revealed to her in Italy, and the Pilgrimage in Italy was just a foretaste of the eternal glory the Lord has for each of His disciples!

May we all hold on to the hope that one day we will be united with all the saints, all who have gone before us, and share in the eternal banquet that God our Father has prepared for all who run the race victoriously! 

“Surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses, let us run the race not only for the prize, but as those who've gone before us, let us leave to those behind us, the heritage of faithfulness passed on thru godly lives.” (Lyrics from Steve Green’s song, “Find Us Faithful”)