Yesterday I was in church and there was a scripture reading on John 14. Of course, this was made more personal for me because the disciple Thomas was talking with Jesus in that passage. Thomas was concerned--He wanted to stay with Jesus, when Jesus was talking about a future paradigm with which the disciples felt very much out of concern. But Jesus doesn't want our hearts to be troubled.
So God began laying some specific things on my heart. He began reminding me about the house He's prepared for me in heaven. He's prepared for us a holy house, a glorious house. And He showed me I can get more than a foretaste now.
Can this life get better? It can.
Will this life get better? It will, but we need to aggressively seek the Lord.
He will not punish us for coming to close. As long as we come through faith in Jesus, we don't need to be afraid. We can live under an open heaven RIGHT NOW. We can experience a taste of that Day today. We can have our spirits set in high places at this very moment.
God wants to reward us. He wants to lavish His love upon us. He wants us to be full of Glory. He wants us to count the cost for this, then gladly obey all. You'd be surprised about just how much God wants to give to us. I've been, at least. No eye has seen, and no ear has heard, exactly how great our riches in Him will be (1 Corinthians 2:9). And we can start receiving this now. But we have to really want it. We have to have Jesus as our mediator. We have to follow Him all the way to the Father, and with every surmounted obstacle He will strip our sinful flesh away.
Confirmed: Today I overheard a scripture lesson on Christian radio on John 14. John 14:2 says, "In my Father's house are many rooms. If it were not so, would I have told you that I go to prepare a place for you?" Jesus wants to take us to the very same place that He is going.
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