Why Will We Serve God in Heaven?

It can be VERY hard to rid ourselves of the baggage of minds programmed to think selfishly. Grace seems too good to be true, after all, NOBODY gets something valuable without working for it, right? Wrong. 2 Corinthians 5:9 Therefore we also have as our ambition, whether at home or absent, to be pleasing to Him. Contextually "at home" in verse 9 is talking about Heaven, the place where we will have shed our earthly "tent" for a permanent dwelling with God.

Once in Heaven, is it our ambition to please Him while there in Heaven in order to keep staying there? No! Therefore this shows, CLEARLY, that our ambition to please Him on earth, also, has nothing to do with earning our way or what's in it for us.

His decision to save us through His forgiveness is all about His love and mercy towards us. It is unmerited, unearned favor for which the understanding and honest sinner feels COMPELLED to answer in honest, obedient and reverent love and adoration.