Don't Let Your Heart Be Troubled

 February 8, 2024

Thursday

John 14:1–4 (NASB 2020) 1 “Do not let your heart be troubled; believe in God, believe also in Me. 2 In My Father’s house are many rooms; if that 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 am coming again and will take you to Myself, so that where I am, there you also will be. 4 And you know the way where I am going.”

These scriptures seem to mean less to many people who read them. Could it be that living longer makes people disbelieve in death? Someone who dies in their twenties or thirties is an anomaly. People take notice. Those who die in their eighties or nineties are expected to die. It hardly makes a ripple in concern for those who are only in their forties. Yet, everyone must come to the realization that one day each one of them will die.

People continue to repeat that which soothes them when they were young. Maybe they have told themselves that they are good and will go to an eternal place of rest. Maybe they have told themselves that death will be like before they were born. Non-existence wasn’t so bad then and it won’t be so bad later. They have no idea of the judgement awaiting them. That’s just stuff the religious people try to scare them with.

For centuries people have people have used excuses for living without a relationship with God. O yes, they ran to church after 911 but that was temporary. They wanted protection; they certainly didn’t want the Lord. They were like the people who want the doctor to write them a script even if it won’t do they any good. They will take it for a short time. That ends as soon as the symptoms are gone.

But as believers we have an assurance made by God. He will go prepare a place for us and will come back for us someday. He wants us to be where He is. We know where that is.

While today you might not be thinking of dying, you should be thinking of living. We live like we have forever because we do. Our forever is found in His presence and we need to start by recognizing His presence now. Then, when that someday comes, we will be ready to go with Him. What a sweet future we have.