"Get me to heaven"

I took the theme from the Gospel, viz. "Not everyone who says to me 'Lord, Lord' will enter the Kingdom of heaven."

So how do we enter heaven?

First of all we've got to want it. Second of all, we've got to ditch the superficiality and prove our desire with action. Third of all, we've got to prepare for the winds that will blow and floods that will come by imitating the love of Christ.

We fail to desire heaven sometimes because we're too contented with the things of this world. We forget we're not made for this world. We're made for something infinitely better.
First Illustration: imagine stumbling upon a Bald Eagle picking at trash and crumbs in the park with a bunch of pigeons. But that's how we are when we fail to consider own sovereign dignity as sons of God and instead think that this life is all there is to it.

Our Lord doesn't want to hear us all 'Lord, Lord' out of one side of our mouths, and see us spitting on our neighbor out of the other.
Second Illustration: Eliza Doolittle to Freddy Einsford Hill: "Never do I ever want to hear another word/There isn't one I haven't heard/Here we are together in what ought to be a dream/Say one more word and I'll scream. Don't talk of 'stars burning above'/If you're in love show me..."

Sure the going's gonna get tough, but if we're imitating the one who's love never fails, we'll be just fine.
Third Illustration: The Suffering, Death, and Resurrection of the Lord.