“Jesus answered him, “If anyone loves me, he will keep my word, and my Father will love him, and we will come to him and make our home with him.”
John 14:1 “Let not your hearts be troubled. Believe in God; believe also in me. 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? And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again and will take you to myself, that where I am you may be also. And you know the way to where I am going.”
John 14:18 “I will not leave you as orphans; I will come to you. Yet a little while and the world will see me no more, but you will see me. Because I live, you also will live. In that day you will know that I am in my Father, and you in me, and I in you. Whoever has my commandments and keeps them, he it is who loves me. And he who loves me will be loved by my Father, and I will love him and manifest myself to him.”
Matthew 25:32-34 Then the King will say to those on his right, ‘Come, you who are blessed by my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world.
2 Corinthians 5:6 So we are always of good courage. We know that while we are at home in the body we are away from the Lord, for we walk by faith, not by sight. Yes, we are of good courage, and we would rather be away from the body and at home with the Lord.
1 John 3:2 Beloved, we are God’s children now, and what we will be has not yet appeared; but we know that when he appears we shall be like him, because we shall see him as he is.
Revelation 22:3 No longer will there be anything accursed, but the throne of God and of the Lamb will be in it, and his servants will worship him. They will see his face, and his name will be on their foreheads. And night will be no more. They will need no light of lamp or sun, for the Lord God will be their light, and they will reign forever and ever.
We will see Him. He will be our light. We will be with Him forever. We will be like Him. We are His children. We are blessed and have a kingdom to look forward to. God loves us. He will not leave us. He will come to us. He will prepare a place for us. He will take us to Himself. Our home will be with Him. Faith is the substance of things hoped for and evidence of things not seen. We walk by faith and have courage because of this faith. Our faith is built on Jesus Christ and through Him these promises are ours. Through these promises we have reason to live and can face whatever troubles come our way. We have peace that passes worldly understanding because He lives and is coming again to take us to Himself. Will He find us waiting and looking forward to His return? Set your mind on humbly serving, honoring, following, and obeying Him until we see Him again and live with Him forever and ever.
