A Place For Us

Good Morning,

John 14:1-3 (NKJV)
“Let not your heart be troubled; you believe in God, believe also in Me. In My Father’s house are many mansions; if it were not so, I would have told you. I go to prepare a place for you. And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again and receive you to Myself; that where I am, there you may be also."

Pastor Eric spoke on these verses this past Sunday in his introduction to a series of messages concerning the Holy Spirit. I enjoyed his message but didn't really give it a huge amount of thought...as I should have!...until this morning when I found these same verses coming to me. You see, sometimes when God nudges me, or even slaps me upside the head only once, well, it happens that I don't notice it very much. But, when He decides to make His point a bit more clearly by sending along yet another "nudge" then I sort of tend to pay more attention. Like today, for instance.

We have assurance in these verses. We have assurance that we have a room, a home, or a mansion (depending on which version of the Bible we read) awaiting us in heaven with Jesus. We have this assurance from the very lips of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. He couldn't have been more clear, no matter which words we use to describe the place He spoke of, that this physical planet on which we live is only a temporary and passing "home" for us in this physical body we use.

The message I hear this morning about these verses is one that gives me true hope. What Jesus spoke to us in these verses should give ALL believers true hope.

The other message I hear today is that no matter the problems, challenges, difficulties, or bad times we must face in the here and now, there is guaranteed...promised by God...a better place, a perfect place, that awaits us. That place that Jesus has prepared for us also lasts eternity. Forever. Never ending. For always.

I'd like for all of us to take hold of this promise presented in these verses and truly believe what Jesus has told us. I'd like for all of us to think about that which awaits us after all of the tribulations of this life have passed. I'd like for us to put into perspective the difficulties we have in living on this earth and remember that this is only a short part of the journey on which all believers in Jesus Christ are on. I'd like for us to know, without any doubt or hesitation, that the ultimate destination is an eternity with God in a heaven that cannot be described.

Grasp this promise, my friend. Hold on to it. Never forget it. It is the truth.

Jesus HAS already prepared a place for each of us to be with Him. Nothing can take that away from us.

Give thanks and praise Him today!

Love, peace, and blessings,

David