SCRIPTURE: Luke (NIV) 22:9 “Where do you want us to prepare for it?” they asked. 10 He replied, “As you enter the city, a man carrying a jar of water will meet you. Follow him to the house that he enters, 11 and say to the owner of the house, ‘The Teacher asks: Where is the guest room, where I may eat the Passover with my disciples?’ 12 He will show you a large upper room, all furnished. Make preparations there.”
OBSERVATION: I wonder about the history of this house. Was it built with a guest room? Had a son or daughter once lived in the room? When they moved out, did it become the guest room? Whatever, it was now a designated guest room. It was furnished and ready for guests.
Jesus was not making his permanent residence in this “guest room.” It was just a short stop on the way to the cross.
APPLICATION: So it is with my physical body. This is not my permanent residence. When I die, I will leave it behind. At the resurrection, it will be changed to be like his glorious body! This worldly residence I live in is not my permanent home. I am just passing through. I should consider it as a “guest room.” It is to be furnished and ready as a guest room for Jesus to use as He desires.
PRAYER: Jesus, this body is yours to use how and when you desire. You may want to use it as a meeting place for some of your disciples. You may want to use it to meet with people who have not yet made you their Lord and Savior. What a special honor that you would use me as your “guest room.” Amen
Pastor Leon
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