Pastor Leon’s SOAP: Scripture, Observation, Application, and Prayer

August 12: Jeremiah 10-12; John 14

Scripture: John (NIV) 14:2 “There are many rooms in my Father’s house. If this were not true, I would have told you. I am going there to prepare a place for you. 3 If I go and do that, I will come back. And I will take you to be with me. Then you will also be where I am.

Observation: In looking at the universe, a better environment has never been found for man. This earth was custom made for man. It is the right distance from the son to give it heat, but not too much. It contains a variety of food for man. It has oxygen for man to breathe, yet that same oxygen when mixed properly with hydrogen becomes water for man to drink. God prepared a perfect planet on which to place man. If God so perfectly created earth, can we expect anything less as he prepares a place in heaven for us!

Application: I can hear the heart of God in these verses. He is preparing a place for me. I am important to Him. He is preparing an appropriate place for me. But why? Because He wants me to be with Him!!! He wants me to be where He is!!! His heart longs for a place of fellowship like he had with Adam and Eve in the garden before they sinned.

Prayer: Lord, I too am looking forward to the fellowship we will share in heaven. But I want to live my life in such a way that you are pleased to be identified with me and you enjoy my company here on earth! Amen

Pastor Leon

Making friends for time and eternity!