Isn't it amazing that one of Jesus' desires is for us to be with Him...He wants us to enjoy His Father's home alongside Him for all of eternity. Reminds me of the classic vacation postcard message... "Having a great time...wish you were here!" But Jesus' message is, "I'm at the best place ever, better than any vacation spot you've ever been to...and I'm coming to get you so you can be here too...we're going to have a great time together!" What a great friend we have in Jesus...He is not stingy with the grandeur of His Father's home, He is very ready to share it with His friends.
Do you believe that? Do you believe that Jesus is anxious to spend eternity with you? I love to read Jesus' prayer as recorded in John 17...read these verses with me:
John 17:20-24, "My prayer is not for them alone. I pray also for those who will believe in me through their message, that all of them may be one, Father, just as you are in me and I am in you. May they also be in us so that the world may believe that you have sent me. I have given them the glory that you gave me, that they may be one as we are one: I in them and you in me. May they be brought to complete unity to let the world know that you sent me and have loved them even as you have loved me. "Father, I want those you have given me to be with me where I am, and to see my glory, the glory you have given me because you loved me before the creation of the world."
Jesus wants those who believe that God sent Him to earth to share God's love with us, to see Him in His Father's home, being glorified by His Father for His obedience done out of love for us. He wants to share this with us...He wants us to see God's plan in its completeness.
It is hard for us to imagine that Jesus views His believers as His friends, but He calls us His friends and He longs to have His friends with Him. He even takes up for us when we stumble...
1 John 2:1, "But if anybody does sin, we have one who speaks to the Father in our defense--Jesus Christ, the Righteous One."
What a friend we truly do have in our Jesus...our Savior. He loves us immensely and He longs to have us at home with Him....do we have that same burning desire?
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Christ is Love. He is the extension of God's great love. Christ is our best friend. He will never betray us. He will wait for us for as long as it takes for our journey that will end in Heaven. Because of our friend, Jesus, we will live for eternity with our Lord God and our friend Jesus Christ. Yes I do believe Jesus is anxious for me to be with Him and I believe He will come to get me. He will take me to God's house.
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