Read: John 14:1–4 | Bible in a Year: 2 Samuel 1–2; Luke 14:1–24
I go and prepare a place for you. John 14:3
“There’s no place like home.” The phrase reflects a deeply rooted
yearning within us to have a place to rest, be, and belong. Jesus
addressed this desire for rootedness when, after He and His friends had
their last supper together, He spoke about His impending death and
resurrection. He promised that although He would go away, He would come
back for them. And He would prepare a room for them. A dwelling-place. A
home.
He made this place for them—and us—through fulfilling the
requirements of God’s law when He died on the cross as the sinless man.
He assured His disciples that if He went to the trouble of creating this
home, that of course He would come back for them and not leave them
alone. They didn’t need to fear or be worried about their lives, whether
on earth or in heaven.
We can take comfort and assurance from
Jesus’s words, for we believe and trust that He makes a home for us;
that He makes His home within us (see John 14:23); and that He has gone
ahead of us to prepare our heavenly home. Whatever sort of physical
place we live in, we belong with Jesus, upheld by His love and
surrounded in His peace. With Him, there’s no place like home.
Lord Jesus Christ, if and when we feel homeless, remind us that You are our home. May we share this sense of belonging with those we meet.
Jesus prepares a place for us to live forever.
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