No Empty Seats
On a plane today from Toronto, Canada to Port of Spain, Trinidad, I noticed that it was a full flight — no empty seats! It made me think of how there will be no empty seats when the Lord comes to give the shout and call His own redeemed ones to be with Himself in the Father’s House. In fact, the Bible tells us of that future time, “And round about the throne were four and twenty seats: and upon the seats I saw four and twenty elders sitting” (Revelation 4:4). While I realize the number 24 is figurative, yet it is nice to think that there are the same number of seats as there are elders sitting on them. In other words, there will be no empty seats in heaven.
With our heavenly seat reserved we look forward to that day when we will leave this earth in exchange for the joy of the Lord’s presence and the blessedness of sitting down in His company forever.
Now I have another flight to catch before my travels are done for the day, but when we take our seats around the Lord Jesus, our traveling days will be over … and I personally can’t wait!