Do not let your heart be troubled;
believe in God, believe also in Me.
In my Father's house are many dwelling
places; if it were not so, I would have told
you; for I go to prepare a place for you.
If I go to prepare a place for you, I will
come again and receive you to Myself,
that where I am, there you may be also.
John 14:1-3
These words are what
make the Christian life worth living, in fact, without these words the
Christian life would not be worth living at all. For Paul tells us in I Corinthians 15:19, "If we have hoped in
Christ in this life only, we are of all men most to be
pitied."
The truth, stated plainly by Jesus
here, is that heaven is a real place, it is the place where God dwells, and there are many other dwelling places there. Jesus will personally prepare a
dwelling place for each one of us in the heaven of His Father; and although we cannot get there on our own He is
coming back for us to take us there, and we will be with Him there for as long
as He is there.
If not for this truth, why on earth would we give up the
things of this world? For without this truth this world is all there is;
but with this truth something more glorious, more abounding in riches, more
peaceful, more magnificent, more splendid, and more fulfilling awaits us;
and that is dwelling with both the Father and the Son for all eternity.
Rejoice, O Christian, for your
heavenly Father, the Father of lights, the creator of the ends of the earth,
has a place specially prepared for you to spend eternity with Him.
Rejoice, O Christian, that your name is written in the Lamb's book of life, His
reservation list, never to be erased. Rejoice, O Christian, that your
heavenly Father has loved you so, so as to provide the way to Him through His
Son; and to guarantee that reservation by dipping His pen in the well of the
blood of His Son to write it down. Rejoice, O Christian, for earth
recedes and heaven draws ever nearer.
Rejoice, O Christian, for what awaits you on the other side of this life.
Rejoice, O Christian, for the certainty of the life to come, given through
the promise from Jesus, Himself.
Yes,
Indeed, It Is A Great Promise, Because Heaven Is A Great Destination.
