LIVING IN MY FATHER’S HOUSE
My heart is excited this morning as I focus on this place where I live both now and forever, Living in My Father’s House. In John 14, verses 1 through 6 in the Amplified Bible, Jesus encouraged His disciples with these words:
“Do not let your heart be troubled (afraid, cowardly). Believe [confidently] in God and trust in Him, [have faith, hold on to it, rely on it, keep going, and] believe also in Me.
2 In My Father’s House are many dwelling places. If it were not so, I would have told you because I am going there to prepare a place for you.
3 And if I go and prepare a place for you, I WILL COME BACK AGAIN, and I will take you to MYSELF so that where I am you may be also.
4 And [to the place] where I am going, you know the way.”
5 Thomas said to Him, “Lord, we do not know where You are going, so how can we know the way?”
6 Jesus said to him, “I am the [only] Way [to God] and the [real] Truth and the [real] Life; no one comes to the Father but through Me.
Jesus promised His disciples, where I am you will be with Me also. He also prayed in the Garden of Gethsemane to our Father for Him to restore Him to the place and glory He once had with Him before the world began. Our Father answered every one of His prayers. So, when we give our hearts and lives to the Lord, these beautiful things happen to us:
Washes Us with His Blood
In Him, we have redemption [that is, our deliverance and salvation] through His blood, [which paid the penalty for our sin and resulted in] the forgiveness and complete pardon of our sin, in accordance with the riches of His grace. Ephesians 1:7 (AMP)
Makes Us New Creations
Therefore, if anyone is in Christ [that is, grafted in, joined to Him by faith in Him as Savior], he is a NEW CREATURE [reborn and renewed by the Holy Spirit]; the old things [the previous moral and spiritual condition] have passed away. Behold, new things have come [because spiritual awakening brings a new life]. 2 Corinthians 5:17 (AMP)
Places Us in the Kingdom of God
For He has rescued us and has drawn us to Himself from the dominion of darkness and has transferred us to the Kingdom of His beloved Son, 14 in whom we have redemption [because of His sacrifice, resulting in] the forgiveness of our sins [and the cancellation of sins’ penalty]. Colossians 1:13-14 (AMP)
We Become the Home of the Holy Spirit
19 Do you not know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit who is within you, whom you have [received as a gift] from God, and that you are not your own [property]? 20 You were bought with a price [you were actually purchased with the precious blood of Jesus and made His own]. So then, honor and glorify God with your body. I Corinthians 6:19-20 (AMP)
Overwhelms Us with Everything We will Ever Need in Christ
Blessed and worthy of praise be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us with EVERY SPIRITUAL BLESSING in the Heavenly Realm IN CHRIST.
4 Just as [in His love] He chose us in Christ [actually selected us for Himself as His own] before the foundation of the world, so that we would be holy [that is, consecrated, set apart for Him, purpose-driven] and blameless in His sight. In love
5 He predestined and lovingly planned for us to be adopted to Himself as [His own] children through Jesus Christ, in accordance with the kind intention and good pleasure of His will
6 to the praise of His glorious grace and favor, which He so freely bestowed on us in the Beloved [His Son, Jesus Christ].
7 In Him we have redemption [that is, our deliverance and salvation] through His blood, [which paid the penalty for our sin and resulted in] the forgiveness and complete pardon of our sin, in accordance with the riches of His grace 8 which HE LAVISHED on us. In all wisdom and understanding [with practical insight]. Ephesians 1:1-7 (AMP)
In Christ, we live in a place of abundance RIGHT NOW! In Christ, is our Father’s House, the DWELLING PLACE OF GOD where everyone is invited to live. Jesus prepared this place for us with His blood. Everything we will need or ever long for; our soul can find here in our Father’s House. Our Father has brought us back home where we belong. We can enjoy Him, our Lord Jesus Christ, and the Holy Spirit both NOW AND FOREVER! All we must do is close our eyes and, like the song says:
Turn your eyes upon Jesus
Look full into His wonderful face
Then the things of earth will grow strangely dim
In the light of His glory and grace.
Here is a song written to bless you!
A PLACE CALLED HOME
Copyright © 2016 by Tresca Grannum
Everyone in search of you
Everyone longs to find you
A place to lay their heads
A place to find food and be fed
A place where laughter is the feast
A place where joy never ceases
A place called home.
It is that place in You, my Lord
It is that place in You, my King
It is where you sit upon Your throne
Where each day I worship You alone
It is this place within my spirit called home.
Chorus
Home is where my Father dwells
Home is where my Jesus lives
Home is where my soul found rest
Forever, forever
Home is where the angels sing
Home is where the anthems ring
Of your glory, of your grace
Forever, forever
Home is now no mystery
My blinded eyes now see
Just abiding in You such victory
Forever, forever…
“Wherever We Are HE IS Within Us, Wherever HE IS We are Within Him!”
Enjoy Christ, Enjoy (ZOE) Your Life!