Do not let your hearts be troubled. You believe in God; believe also in me. My Father’s house has many rooms; if that were not so, would I have told you that I am going there to prepare a place for you? And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come back and take you to be with me that you also may be where I am. John 14:1-3 (NIV)
“Heaven is as good as God, the Promiser. Heaven is a promise, and the promisees (you and I) participate in the promise by trusting the One who makes the promise” (Scot McKnight, The Heaven Promise, p. 21). Everything about this promise depends on Jesus’ resurrection and who he is (John 11:25-26). Jesus has made us this promise: he is preparing a place for us to be with him for all eternity. That’s the key phrase, to be with him, where he is. The promise of h/Heaven is that we will be with him. As these words comfort us in our present circumstances, may we bring comfort to others.
Prayer: Lord, I trust in you and what you say you will do. Today I respond to the promise that you are preparing many rooms by interceding for my friends, classmates, co-workers, and family so that they too will be with you for all of eternity. In Jesus’ name. Amen.
Let’s worship to the song “Yes and Amen” by Housefires (click here).
– CR