One lovely moonlit night a grandfather and his small granddaughter went for a walk. The stars were magnificent. As the grandfather named individual stars and constellations, the granddaughter exclaimed, “Grandpa, if the bottom side of Heaven is this beautiful, just think how wonderful the top side must be.”
Remember Jesus said “I go to prepare a place for you.” Read in John 14:1-3: “Let not your heart be troubled: ye believe in God, believe also in me. 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. 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.” He was not talking here about one ramshackle place, neither was He talking about a place of temporary abode. He was referring to the place where God Himself dwells, so, you can imagine the grandeur of it. It will also be a place to be for all eternity.
That is why if you are a true disciple of Jesus you need not let your heart be troubled no matter your condition on this side of eternity. You may not be able to have all that your heart desires here on earth, but let this assurance be in you that there is a place for you in the mansions there above. A mansion is a place of all comfort. A place where you will have need of nothing. A minute in that mansion will wipe away the memories of the sufferings of this world. Jesus specifically went back there to prepare a place and come back for you.
May you not disappoint the one who had you in mind and went back to prepare a place for you. May you not become an outcast in the darkness, whereas there is a place for you in the mansions in heaven. May another person not occupy the place reserved for you in that mansion. That is why you must live an overcoming life every day that you live. You must die daily to sin, to self and to the world. You must endure whatever comes your way as a disciple of Christ. Jesus Himself said, “…he that shall endure unto the end, the same shall be saved.” Matthew 24:13.