Read: John 14:1–6 | Listen: John 14

And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come back and take you to be with me that you also may be where I am. John 14:3

Jesus sits with his disciples in an upper room, hours before his arrest. He has told them that one of them will betray him, and Peter will deny knowing him before dawn. Fear and confusion settle over the room. Jesus sees their trouble and speaks gently, “Do not let your hearts be troubled. You believe in God; believe also in me” (John 14:1). He comforts them, explaining he will prepare a place for them in his Father’s house, and one day he will come back to bring them home with him. This is not goodbye. It is a promise. Jesus knows the road ahead is hard. He gives them something solid to hold on to—himself and a future.

We can feel unsettled about the future. We may wonder what happens when this life ends. Many of us hope we’ve done enough or believed the right things to make it to heaven. But Jesus doesn’t leave our future to chance. He says, “I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me” (John 14:6). When we trust in Jesus’s work on the cross for salvation from our sins, we can live each day with peace about our future. Jesus purchased the gift of salvation, but it’s a gift that still has to be received.

TODAY: Choose to believe in Jesus for your eternal future. If you’ve already trusted him, thank him that your place in heaven is secure. If you’ve never made that decision, you can know for certain today. Visit adabible.org/salvation to take that step or start a conversation.