All through the years of our walk with the Lord, we are reminded that He will always be with us. This is a comforting truth and we can find this truth in many places in the Bible but one in particular if you ever doubt is Matt. 28:20..."I am with you always..." As I was praying this morning for our Lord Jesus' soon return, I was reminded that all this time (since He ascended up into heaven, Acts 1:9) He has been preparing a place for us. Wow, what a place that will be! But in His words to His disciples He said something that caught my attention this morning. Listen to the words of our Lord Jesus (just before He went to the cross to sacrificially die for sins.) John 14:1-3 - "Do not let your hearts be troubled, you believe in God, believe in Me. In my Father's house are many dwelling places, if it were not so, I would have told you. I go to prepare a place for you. And if I go to prepare a place for you, I will come again to take you to be with Me that you also may be where I am. Someday, we will experience being with Him as He has always been with us.
The good news (The Gospel) is that Jesus died for our sins and that He rose again. His death is often highlighted in the proclamation of the gospel and sometimes you have to really listen to hear of His resurrection. But both are the ingredients of the gospel. We rejoice in the fact that our sins are permanently removed and we have great hope that one day our bodies will be raised from the dust of the earth to be with God forever more. What a day that will be and the day all creation groans for. For now, to be absent from the body (death) is to be present with the Lord. (2 Cor. 5:8)
Today, I pray that our Lord Jesus would come. For when He comes we shall not all sleep, but in a moment, in the twinkle of an eye, we shall be changed. (1 Cor. 15:52) This is our hope, this is our joy in the midst of trials and suffering. One day we will be with Him whether in spirit or in body, but when He comes again, for sure that day we will be with Him in body.
"Thank you Lord Jesus for promising us that You will always be with us and for giving us the hope that when we leave this land of the dying we will forever be with You. Amen"
