06/22/2026 – “The Heaven Scenario” / “But as it is written: What no eye has seen and no ear has heard, and what has never come into a man’s heart, is what God has prepared for those who love Him.” 1 Corinthians 2:9
“It was late at night. The teacher and I were sitting around the dying embers of the fire when I heard a noise. It sounded as if someone or something was walking over a bunch of broken branches.
“What do you think that was?” I asked.
“An animal,” he said, “or the wind.” We stopped talking for a few moments waiting to see if the noise would resume, but it didn’t.
“What would the worst case scenario?” he asked.
“Right now?” I asked. “With the noise? If it turned out to be a lion or a bear … or a murderer. I would say any of those would qualify.”
“And what would be the worst case scenario after that?”
“We’d be killed.”
“What if it was a less extreme scenario,” he said. “You get sick. What’s the worst thing that can happen?”
“The sickness turns out to be fatal.”
“And the worst scenario after that?”
“I die.”
“You have a job,” he said. “You get fired.”
“I can’t find another job. I sink into poverty and starve to death.”
“Notice,” said the teacher, “each of our worst case scenarios end with the same thing – death. Now if you’re a child of God, if you’re saved, what happens after your worst scenarios?”
I paused for a moment, “I go to heaven.”
“Heaven,” he said, “with no more pain and no more sorrows. Your worst case scenario … is heaven! All your anxieties, all your fears … are ultimately based on heaven … streets of gold… perfect peace … unending joy … That’s what you have to be afraid of? Think about that. All your fears and anxieties end up in the most beautiful and joyous place you could ever imagine; then once you’ve resolved that, what do you have to be afraid of ever again? Look at the end. Look to heaven. And live a life of confidence that is beyond fear. For the truth of the matter, is for a child of God, the worst case scenario… is heaven!”
The Mission: Take your fear, your worry, your anxiety to its end — heaven. And with heaven as your worst scenario, overcome to a fear-free life.
1 Corinthians 2:9; Philippians 1: 21-23; Colossians 1:5; 2 Timothy 4: 6-8.
The Anti-Fear and Anxiety Solution
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Other Bible Verses:
“For me, living is Christ and dying is gain.” 1 Philippians 1: 21-23. Interesting!, seeing as how it comes from a man who was caught up to Paradise! See the verse and commentary below – (2 Corinthians 12-4)
https://biblehub.com/2_corinthians/12-4.htm
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“We always thank God, the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, when we pray for you, for we have heard of our faith in Christ Jesus and of the love you have for all the saints because of the hope reserved for you in heaven. You have already heard about this hope in the message of truth, the gospel that has come to you…” (Colossians 1:3-5)
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“For I am already being poured out as a drink offering, and the time for my departure is close. I have fought the good fight, I have finished the race, I have kept the faith. In the future, there is reserved for me a crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous Judge, will give me that day, and not only to me, but to all those who have loved His appearing.” (2 Timothy 4: 6-8)
Soli Deo Gloria!