Many places to live and minister, Friend.

John 14:1-2 Don't fret. Don't let your heart be anxious and troubled. Trust in the Lord God, the Creator. Trust in me for We are One. In my Father's house there are many places. Each of you has room to spare. There is a place for you. Were it not so, I would have told you. Yet, now I go to prepare a place for each of you. (Phil's version)

Now, Friend, there are few ways you can look at this paragraph. Of course the intent is to let us know that we should not worry about the troubles we encounter. They will be handled by the power and grace of God. Trust Him. Again, there is the intent to let us know there will never be a lack of room for us with God. He always has room for us. Yet, there is another message in here, I believe.

The concept of room or dwelling place or abode or mansion as some interpreters explain can easily be applied to our course in this life. There are many places and portions of ministry and involvement available for us right now in this life. Has not Jesus gone to the Father to make intercession continually? Has not the blood of the Christ opened a blessing for us to access Him? Has not the going of Jesus not opened a pouring of the Holy Spirit to empower us for service and dispense gifts on and through us?

Of course all of this and more is available. There are many opportunities for us to serve and be of great value in this life in the family. There is room enough for all of us to share in serving fruitfully and respectfully in Christ.

As we studied the word at Starbucks, a young gentleman shared his joy. He only recently received Christ. I don't know the whole story, but he was headed from North Carolina to Seattle and became delayed in Oklahoma City. In that delay, he met a member of our small study. In the course of a few weeks, his conversion and involvement with Christ impressed his cousin in Seattle. She wanted to know what had happened and told him she wanted whatever it was that he had. Here we were on the patio of Starbucks studying scripture with a laptop on a table as he unfolded this incredible story. Luckily, I had put the lessons out on slideshare (www.slideshare.net/palarson2010). Now he could share them directly with his cousin in Seattle. He immediately put the lessons as favorites on his phone so he could review them multiple times and share with others.  A new believer is now teaching the word to others.

There are many places of ministry in Christ for each of us. A home, a patio at Starbucks, an email, a slideshare site, facebook, a phone call, or whatever suits the need becomes a room for Jesus to occupy. A note, a lesson, a conversation, a visit, or just listening all become room enough for Jesus to move. Here, two people from North Carolina and Seattle are receiving Christ through a small group in Oklahoma. There is room enough for His miracles when we trust and obey.

Prayer: Father, I pray for room enough for Friend. Yes, Jesus is preparing places for us right now, not just in the future. There are open patios of opportunity to share the gospel when we believe there are many places not just one. When we open to see all the availability of gift and grace in time and space, we can see Jesus alive in so many new ways. Teach us, Father, the principles of the kingdom. You are full of more than enough supply of resources to see the kingdom expanded in new and beautiful ways. Help us to trust that others might live and love in Jesus as part of our wonderful and growing family.

Phil Larson 405-388-8037
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