Bring me to Heaven's staircase

 Bring Me to the Staircase of Heaven

A Reflection on Genesis 28:12 and John 1:51

Bring me to the staircase of heaven—where earth and sky collide,

Where angels ascend and descend on the ladder that You provide.

Not a tower built by human hands, not a Babel of proud strife,

But the stairway of Your promise, the bridge between death and life.

He had a dream in which he saw a stairway resting on the earth, with its top reaching to heaven, and the angels of God were ascending and descending on it. (Genesis 28:12)

Jacob saw it—fleeing, fearful, alone,

With a stone for a pillow and no place to call his own.

Yet You showed him the connection, the conduit of grace,

And whispered, “I am with you; I will not hide My face.”

Bring me to that staircase—not in sleep, but in my waking,

Not in distant dreams, but in the path I am taking.

For the ladder is not a structure, but a Person—Christ the Lord,

The only way to heaven, the stairway we have adored.

He then added, “Very truly I tell you, you will see ‘heaven open, and the angels of God ascending and descending on’ the Son of Man.” (John 1:51)

Angels ascend and descend—bearing prayers, bringing answers,

Ministering to the heirs of salvation, the world's true dancers.

They climb the steps of Jesus, the One who bridges all,

Who tore the veil and broke the wall, who answered Adam's fall.

So lift my eyes to see the open heaven above.

Let me glimpse the stairway of Your covenant love.

Not by my striving, not by my merit, but by Your grace alone,

Bring me to the staircase—and lead me to Your throne.

Amen.