In My Father's House

I am sure that many of you are familiar with the scripture in John 14:2 where Jesus told us that in His Father’s house are many mansions. If it were not so, He would have told us otherwise. He has gone and prepared a place for us. He said that He would come again and receive us to Himself, that where He is, there we may be also.

In Hebrews 3:6 we read that Christ is faithful over His own Father’s house as a Son and Master of it. It is we who are now members of that house, if we hold our joyful and exultant confidence and sense of triumph in our hope in Christ.

As I looked at these two verses yesterday, which are very much connected, God showed me something about Father’s house and mansions.

House here is the Greek word oikia which means residence, abode and by implication, family. It is from the Greek word oikos which means dwelling.

Mansion is mone which comes from meno which means a staying, that is, residence, abode, mansion; to stay in a given place, state, relation or expectancy.

What we see here is that Jesus was telling us. Where My Father lives, there are many residences for us as His family. We will dwell in them with Him in the place that He has prepared for us. Jesus has promised us that He will come again and receive us to Himself. Where He is, we may be also.

We are the Father’s house also. God dwells in us and we dwell in Him. Where He is, we are as His children. Our little brain finds it hard to wrap around this truth. We are with Him right now in heaven. He is with us right now on earth. We are together. This is why we can hold our joy and confidence and triumph firm to the end. Our hope is in Christ, the Anointed One and His anointing, His power, His ability. He is our hope. He is our dwelling place.

WE ARE IN OUR FATHER’S HOUSE RIGHT NOW BY VIRTUE OF BEING IN CHRIST JESUS!