Why Focusing on Heaven Might Be Wrong!

What if I don't care about getting into heaven? I might surprise you with this, but I think that's fine, maybe even a good thing. And I'll get on my soap box for a second and say that a lot of religious people really fixate on the afterlife thing. And that becomes the focus of everything they do. And to be honest, it's an ulterior motive that can sometimes get in the way of truly serving God. Is there an afterlife? Reward and punishment? Yes, certainly there is. I don't want anyone to be mistaken about that. There is an afterlife. There is reward and punishment. And yet, that is not supposed to be our goal in life. Our goal here in this world is to make the world a better place. Not to be good down here so that you can leave and go to heaven, but to be good down here so that this world can be more like heaven.