Our Scripture reading today is John 14:1-3.
Verse 3, "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.
The disciples did not take the news very well that Jesus would be leaving them. (Read John 13:21-38) According to them, it was not supposed to end this way. As we know from Scripture, the ways of God do not always align with our ways. Isaiah 55:8, "For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways, saith the LORD." The cross was always God's plan for His Son. Jesus Christ willingly laid down His life to be the sacrifice for the payment of our sins.
Jesus Christ death on the cross would not be His final work. This brings us to our text this morning. We are able to look back and see that Jesus Christ rose from the dead three days later. The disciples were baffled at what they had just heard Him say. The words of John 14 were just what they needed to hear. Jesus Christ would return and they would be with Him for all eternity! These words have continued to minister to believers down through the centuries...Jesus IS coming again! “They were not to think of Him as having ceased to be when they could not see Him. He had only gone to another abiding-place to prepare for their coming; and moreover, He would come back to receive them.” (Morgan)
We are able to have victory today because He lives and He IS coming soon!