Christianity Oasis Forum

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MONDAY APRIL 17


AT HOME WITH JESUS

TODAY’S READING
JOHN 14:1-4
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I go and prepare
a place for you.
John 14:3
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“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.
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Jesus prepares a place for us to live forever.