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.

John 14:2b-3

Judy and her old neighbor sipped coffee and perused the real estate ads. “It takes time to buy a house,” Judy mused. “We’ll have to find a place to stay in the meantime.”

“We have a place for you,” the neighbor said. “Our children are gone; we have empty bedrooms. You and your husband can stay with us.” Jesus told His disciples of rooms in His Father’s house, rooms He was preparing for them as a bridegroom prepared rooms for his bride. The Lord promised to return and personally take them to those rooms to live with Him forever. When you feel discouraged, lost, or afraid of the future, Jesus speaks these words to you: “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” (John 14:3).

Eileen Ritter
Byron Center, MI

Thank You, Lord, for Your promise of a place for me with You forever. Amen.

Reflect: Jesus has prepared a place for you. How does that truth shape your view of death?

Read: John 14:1-13 and 1 Thessalonians 4:13-18