And you know the way to where I am going." - John 14:4 The disciples might still have said, ‘Yes; we believe that You will come back again, and we believe that we shall be together; but what about the parenthesis of absence?’ We Christians might not fully know and understand what God wants us to do like His disciples. When you say to a man, ‘You know the way,’ you mean ‘Come.’ And in these words there lie, as it seems to me, a veiled invitation to the disciples to come to Him before He came back for them, and the assurance that they, though separated, might still find and tread the road to the Father’s house, and so BE WITH HIM STILL. They are not left desolate. The Christ who is absent is present as the path to Himself. Our Lord has been speaking of His departure, of its purpose, of His return as guaranteed by that purpose, and of His servants’ eternal and perfect reunion with Him. The entire focus of heaven is being reunited with Jesus. Heaven is heaven not because of streets of gold, or pearly gates, or even the presence of angels. Heaven is heaven because Jesus is there. TAKE COMFORT! Even as He prepares a place for us, HE PREPARES US FOR THAT PLACE that’s the parenthesis of absence. #john144 #TheWAY #Heaven #OurHome #JESUSisTHERE https://www.instagram.com/p/Bzf4zkBBrJnXgvHe9OJDVWuiBWfWHY6zGCLgu40/?igshid=4d9tggkri00
