There is a Heaven. There is a place of eternal rest and happiness. I have not gone to Heaven — but Heaven has come to me; therefore I know that there is a Heaven. Many who have eaten oranges have never been in a land where oranges grow — but these people know there must be such a land, because they have tasted its fruit. Likewise, I know there is a Heaven — because I daily taste its joy.
Not only is there a Heaven — but there is a way to Heaven. All can go, who will. Heaven is a holy place — and the way to Heaven is a holy way. Isaiah the prophet said, "And a highway will be there; it will be called the Way of Holiness. The unclean will not journey on it; it will be for those who walk in that Way; wicked fools will not go about on it!" Isaiah 35:8
The Christian dwells in a heavenly place. The writer to the saints at Ephesus says, "He has raised us up together, and made us sit together in heavenly places." To live in a heavenly place in eternity — we must live a heavenly life now. Those who do not live a heavenly life on earth — will never live in Heaven.
The heavenly life is the only life worth living. It is the only life which ends in Heaven. The way of holiness — is the way of happiness. Holy and happy — is the true and right life of man. This one brief life of ours — should be constant holiness and happiness. Without these, life is not as it should be. It is our privilege in Christ, to walk the path of life in holiness, and in perfect peace and joy. Such a life will flow out into an eternity of unspeakable joy!
https://www.gracegems.org/D/how_to_live_a_holy_life.htm Charles Elbert Orr.
