Heavenly Bricks
John 14:1-4 “Let not your heart be troubled; you believe in God, believe also in Me. 2 In My Father’s house are many mansions; if it were not so, I would have told you. I go to prepare a place for you. 3 And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again and receive you to Myself; that where I am, there you may be also. 4 And where I go you know, and the way you know.”
Jesus was with his disciples after the Last Supper. He had just told them of the trouble that was to come to all of them. He had pointed to their failures to him, and he had pointed to his death. He had dismissed Judas Iscariot from them to start act of his capture, and all that comes with it. The disciples were greatly troubled and discouraged. Matthew Henry has a great commentary on how Christ knew the weight of what troubled them. John 14 is a discourse of encouragement to them, and us all. The pathways, and promises of the Holy Spirit, and the treasures in heaven.
How many deep things can God enlighten you with in these opening scriptures? The entire tone is set is the opening verse, don’t worry, just believe. There are likely roads to go down into theology of the representations of these mansions, but it is as simple as it’s literal meaning; you have a house built in heaven for you by God. Can you grasp how glorious that is? God could prepare us a 10×10 room that would outshine any 10K square foot mansion of today. We cannot fathom what awaits us in heaven; we cannot fathom what our individual dwelling may be. 1 Corinthians 2:9 But as it is written: “Eye has not seen, nor ear heard, Nor have entered into the heart of man The things which God has prepared for those who love Him.”
What if your life’s dedication for your short time here, was relative to your heavenly mansion? How the sinner saved at the cross compared to Billy Graham? We all enter unto paradise, but what if? We are all called to work out our faith; James 2:18 But someone will say, “You have faith, and I have works.” Show me your faith without your works, and I will show you my faith by my works. Christ last words to us in the Great Commission (Matthew 28:19-20) were to go and make disciples, to put feet on our faith. Being a disciple of Christ demands action, work if you will. We are not saved by it, but called to it. Is your house going to be one made of hay and stubble, or one made of heavenly brick?
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