Rejoice! Your Name is Written in Heaven!

“Rejoice in the Lord always. Again I will say, rejoice (Philippians 4:4)!” The apostle Paul commands Christians when to rejoice. Whether he was in a good situation, or a bad one, he rejoiced. He rejoiced when some obeyed the gospel, and when others harmed him for preaching it. Likewise, we must rejoice both in good times and bad.

“Nevertheless do not rejoice in this, that the spirits are subject to you, but rather rejoice because your names are written in heaven (Luke 10:20).” Jesus commands His followers how to rejoice. Jesus sent many laborers into the harvest with power, and later pointed out that they should not rejoice over what they could do, but what would be done for them. Likewise, we should not rejoice in what we can do; rather, we should rejoice what the Lord shall do for us!

“But there shall by no means enter it anything that defiles, or causes an abomination or a lie, but only those who are written in the Lamb’s Book of Life (Revelation 21:27).” If we have followed Christ and kept His commands, we may enter Heaven. This gives us cause to rejoice! We can rejoice always because our names are written in heaven. Can we rejoice and sing, “I know, I know, my name is there; I know, I know, my name is written there”?