OUR HOME IS READY

“Let not your heart be troubled: ye believe in God, believe also in me. In my Father's house are many mansions: if it were not so, I would have told you. I go to prepare a place for you.   And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again, and receive you unto myself; that where I am, there ye may be also.”

John 14:1-3

King James Version

John J. Matthews wrote the hymn “Beautiful Home”.  I love these words.  “There’s a beautiful home Far beyond the starry sky, Christ has gone to prepare over there.  I shall dwell in that home In the sweet by and by; How I long, how I long to be there!”

For those of us who have confessed our sins and invited Jesus into our heart to be our personal Saviour, we are going to Heaven when we die and Jesus has already prepared a mansion for us.  Many people try to buy their way into Heaven.  They try to work their way into Heaven but there is only one way and it is by the cleansing redeeming blood of Jesus.

We read in the Bible.  “For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God: Not of works, lest any man should boast” (Ephesians 2:8,9). Robert Lowry wrote the beautiful hymn “Nothing but the Blood”.  I love the words in this heart touching and inspiring hymn.

“What can wash away my sin? Nothing but the blood of Jesus; What can make me whole again? Nothing but the blood of Jesus.  Oh! precious is the flow That makes me white as snow; No other fount I know, Nothing but the blood of Jesus.”  It is only by the shed blood of Jesus that we are saved and can go to Heaven.  What a happy day that will be when we go to Heaven.

Several years ago when I came home from my mailbox, I put the key in my door to unlock it so I could come in my house.  However, no matter how many times I tried to unlock my door it would not open.  I finally realized that I was using the wrong key.  People try to buy their way to Heaven and they try to work their way to Heaven but the blood of Jesus is the only way to Heaven.

If there has never been a time in your life when you admitted you are a sinner, asked God to forgive you and invited Jesus into your heart to be your personal Saviour, I urge you, I plead with you to say yes to Jesus right now.  You may not have another hour to live.  Your family and friends can’t do it for you as much as they want to because your salvation is personal between Jesus and you.

Don’t miss out on spending eternity in Heaven with Jesus Who loves you so much He died for you.  Jesus loves you unconditionally.  He loved you yesterday.  He loves you today and He will love you forever.  There is nothing you could ever do that would make Him stop loving you.

Heavenly Father, I pray for every man, for every woman, for every boy and for every girl who has never invited Jesus into their heart.  May today be the day they say yes to Jesus.  I pray for every pastor who is preaching the good news of our risen Saviour.  Please encourage them, comfort them and let them know how much You appreciate their service to You.  I love You, dear Heavenly Father.  Thank You for adopting me into Your family and for the many times You have comforted and encouraged me.  In Jesus’ Name, I pray.  Amen.

Joanne Lowe

June 20, 2019