The word for this week is "prepare". We'll be looking at these verses in John 14:2-3:
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 unto myself; that where I am, there ye may be also. KJV
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 unto myself; that where I am, there ye may be also. KJV
This is the Greek word "hetoimazo". Thayer's Greek Lexicon says: Make ready; the act of preparing. So, Jesus is busy making ready a place for us! Heaven is where we will be spending all of eternity, as our "base camp" anyway! As perfect and beautiful as Heaven must be, Jesus deems it necessary to prepare it even more for us! That tells me that there is nothing here on the earth that we should undertake without preparing ourselves! We have been saying this at The Spoken Word Church for years now:
"Preparation time is never wasted time."
I know that you understand preparation time more than most people because of your career. If you are not prepared for certain outcomes, you could make wrong decisions that cost your company money, and you your job. I believe that we should also take preparation into consideration when we spend time with the Lord. I know that with the busyness of life, if we don't prepare, make ready, or set aside specific time for praise, prayer and the Word, we won't be able to be consistent with it. I also wanted to add that the preparation time that you and Kristine are in concerning the selling of your home and the purchasing of your new home is not wasted time either! God's timing is perfect and when all things fall into place, and they will, then you will be perfectly aligned to step right from one phase to another! I am VERY excited to see how all of this works out! We are continuing to pray for God's "above all you can ask or think" very best! We love and appreciate you and your family! Here is a new song from Hillsong United called "Prince of Peace":
Love and Shalom from the Swoveys!
"Preparation time is never wasted time."
I know that you understand preparation time more than most people because of your career. If you are not prepared for certain outcomes, you could make wrong decisions that cost your company money, and you your job. I believe that we should also take preparation into consideration when we spend time with the Lord. I know that with the busyness of life, if we don't prepare, make ready, or set aside specific time for praise, prayer and the Word, we won't be able to be consistent with it. I also wanted to add that the preparation time that you and Kristine are in concerning the selling of your home and the purchasing of your new home is not wasted time either! God's timing is perfect and when all things fall into place, and they will, then you will be perfectly aligned to step right from one phase to another! I am VERY excited to see how all of this works out! We are continuing to pray for God's "above all you can ask or think" very best! We love and appreciate you and your family! Here is a new song from Hillsong United called "Prince of Peace":
Love and Shalom from the Swoveys!
