Mike Focht 1/2/2026
Then He who sat on the throne said, “Behold, I make all things new.” And He said to me, “Write,” for these words are true and faithful.”
Revelation 21:5
I thought it might be good to begin the new year by thinking about eternity. Let’s just be honest. We are afraid of eternity. We know it doesn’t sound good to admit, but we are scared of eternal boredom in heaven. Floating on clouds, doing everything perfectly, everyone wearing the same golden Chucks or Jordans, singing in a big worship service weeks on end, all these things make us shiver with fear because eternity seems too long to be enjoyable.
Now, most of these thoughts are unbiblical, as we will come to see. There is also a Satanic element to the fear of eternity because Satan doesn’t want God’s ultimate hope to be the blessing it should be to our lives. Only Satan would be daring enough to instill a fear of our own Father’s house! Don’t give any place to devilish doubts of heaven. Believe the truth from Truth Himself and not lies from a thief and murderer. Our God says, Behold, I make all things new.
Our problem with imagining eternity is that we try to indefinitely extend our earthly experiences without considering the corresponding heavenly element. We think of what gives us some measure of fun or happiness here—like TV, video games, shopping, golf, etc., and then try to imagine doing that for all eternity. Then what happens? We get scared. We cannot measure God’s promised newness by our fallen oldness. Instead of beginning with ourselves, we need to begin with God: Behold, I…
God’s answer to our desires becomes clear when we come into living contact with Him—the Eternal Creator. Happiness, joy, fun, satisfaction, and life cannot perish if God still lives. He is the First and the Last, the Beginning and the End. There, in the deep presence of God alone, the narrow soul of man touches the Eternal Source of all. God is an overflowing fountain of eternal newness.
Our fear transforms into hope when finite men rest their minds on the infinite God. When our hearts reach out in faith and come in contact with God, we have touched the One who is eternal, infinite, and majestic. There, we feel our own smallness and His greatness. The saints through the ages have expressed this in many ways.
Augustine said, Narrow is the mansion of my soul, enlarge Thou it; that Thou mayest enter in. And also, Thou hast made us for Thyself and restless is our heart until it comes to rest in Thee.
A.W. Tozer said, To have found God and still to pursue Him is the soul’s paradox of love, scorned indeed by the too easily satisfied religionist, but justified in happy experience by the children of the burning heart.
F.W. Faber said, With gentle swiftness lead me on, Dear God to see Thy face,
And meanwhile in my narrow heart, O make Thyself more space.
Earthly things become dull with repeated use, but an eternal thing is just the opposite. Finite things move toward perfection, but the Infinite God of all is already at perfection. He is the Ultimate Reality to which all of our present reality is moving.
In the eternal state, God declares I make all things new! Therefore, everything in eternity will be like its Creator and be characterized as part of His own eternal newness. Eternal newness will pervade all of our experience in heaven and cause every day of the infinite ages to be filled with fresh joy, worship, and anticipation. In the next few posts, I am going to give three ways an eternal newness will characterize eternity. But you don’t have to believe me, trust the Word of God, who promises to make all things new! Write for these words are true and faithful!