"Let not your hearts be troubled. Believe in God; believe also in me. In my Father’s house are many rooms. If it were not so, would I have told you that I go to prepare a place for you? And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again and will take you to myself, that where I am you may be also. And you know the way to where I am going.” Thomas said to him, ‘Lord, we do not know where you are going. How can we know the way?’ Jesus said to him, ‘I am the way, and the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me. If you had known me, you would have known my Father also. From now on you do know him and have seen him.’” John 14: 1-7 ESV 

Trouble is a familiar companion in our lives. The disciples were facing deep sorrow at the thought of Jesus leaving them. Fear, uncertainty, and doubt filled their hearts. And into that moment, Jesus spoke the words we still need today: “Let not your hearts be troubled. Believe in God; believe also in me.”

Jesus doesn’t tell His disciples—or us—to ignore trouble. Instead, He calls us to trust Him in the middle of it. Faith does not remove hardships, but it anchors us to Christ, who promises that our story does not end in despair.

The comfort Jesus gives is deeply personal: “I go to prepare a place for you.” This is not a vague hope of some distant heaven. It is a personal promise from the Savior who knows us by name. In the Father’s house, there is room for each one of His children. Not a crowded corner, but a prepared place—meant for you.

Thomas’s question is our own: “Lord, how can we know the way?” And Jesus’ answer is both exclusive and inclusive: “I am the way, and the truth, and the life.” There are not many paths to the Father. There is one—through Jesus Christ. Yet that one way is open to all who believe in Him.

When fears rise, when sin accuses, when death looms, these words still hold us steady. Jesus Himself is our way through death into life. He is our truth in a world of lies. He is our life when we feel weak and empty.

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