This may come as a surprise, but the city of gold in today's world is New York. Beneath the frantic streets of the Big Apple lies the world's largest cache of gold. Eighty feet under the business district is a vault that contains about one-fourth of the world's monetary gold reserves.

As might be expected, security is airtight. The vault has no doors, only a narrow passageway that is closed by a rotating steel cylinder. Elaborate precautions ensure that no unauthorized entry is ever made into the vault.

The thought of so much gold in one place is exciting—yet it belongs to someone else.

Contrast that picture of gold, safely stored away and protected by technology and man's best efforts, with the gold that's out in the open in heaven. While the New York gold is inaccessible to all but a privileged few, heaven's gold is so plentiful that it is used to pave the streets. But far better than being near the gold is that we will be near our Lord and Savior.

Are you sure you are on your way to heaven? To get to that golden city, you have to admit your sin and trust Jesus Christ as the One who died to pay the penalty for it. Don't let anything stop you from going for something far more valuable than gold—the joy of being with God forever.  — Dave Branon