“The Search Is Over”

“If you have been searching for a property that is modern but family friendly then your search may have ended!”

That’s what I am reading in The Northland Age – Property Xpress, May 27, 2010.

It talks here about a  mostly renovated 3 bedroom home.

House-hunting! Who does not know about house-hunting? I have been hunting for houses in Thailand for myself and for the family. And not only in Thailand, but also here in  New Zealand –  in Auckland, Kaitaia and Kaikohe.

In my teens I have been  searching for “an eternal house in heaven”. (Second Corinthians 5:1)  Praise the Lord, “the search is over.” I have found the meaning to Life.  I have found the truth. I have found the Lord Jesus Christ. Or I should rather say the Lord Jesus Christ has found me! I know that I “have a building from God, an eternal house in heaven, not built by human hands.”

I am trusting in God. I am trusting in the Lord Jesus Christ. I am not letting my heart be troubled. What does my Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ say in John 14:2? “In my Father’s house are many rooms; if it were not so, I would have told you. I am going there to prepare a place for you.”

The Lord Jesus Christ says that he is going to prepare a place for me. How I like that. A place prepared by the Lord Jesus Christ! Imagine that! That must be a wonderful place to live in.

I own a book with the title “A Place Prepared” by Gloria Kearney. It was given to us by a missionary lady who is working in Africa. “A Place Prepared” is about “Stories from the lives of men and women who heard God’s voice, stepped into His plan and found His place.”

The Lord Jesus Christ is preparing places for people who hear his voice and step into His plan.

We worked in Kaikohe for almost 25 years with the United Maori Mission and I said while there, “The Lord has prepared this place for us.”

We are now living in Kaitaia and I say now, “The Lord has prepared this place for us.”

But I am looking forward to the place the Lord is preparing now for us in His Father’s house.

Are you familiar with the Gospel Song “Mansion over the hilltop” by Ira Stanphill? It has three verses and the chorus goes like this:

“I’ve got a mansion just over the hilltop,

In that bright land where we’ll never grow old;

And some day yonder we will never more wander

But walk the streets that are purest gold.”