HEAVEN IS CHRIST, NOT A LOCATION

DAILY GRACE DEVOTIONAL
DAY FOUR
“And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again, and receive you unto myself; that where I am, there ye may be also.”
(John 14:3 KJV)

For many believers, heaven is imagined primarily as a distant place—streets of gold, gates of pearl, and eternal scenery beyond the skies. Yet Jesus redirected attention from location to relationship. His promise was not simply about where we would go, but with whom we would be.

When Jesus spoke of preparing a “place,” He was not describing architectural construction. He was revealing union. The true place prepared for believers is in Him. Heaven’s greatest reality is not its beauty, but its Person—Jesus Christ.
To chase heaven without understanding Christ is to miss the essence of both. Heaven is not an escape from earth; it is the manifestation of life in Christ. Where Christ is, heaven is present. And because Christ dwells in believers, heaven has already begun.

The Kingdom of God is proclaimed when Christ is revealed as central—not when geography replaces theology. The goal of the Gospel is not relocation, but reconciliation and union. In Christ, believers already share His life, His righteousness, and His position before the Father.
This revelation transforms how we live. We do not endure life merely waiting to depart; we live purposefully, revealing Christ to the world. Heaven is not postponed—it is personified.
If Christ is your life, heaven is your reality.

PRAYER
Dear Lord Jesus, thank You for being my dwelling place and my inheritance. Open my eyes to the beauty of life in You. Help me to proclaim the Kingdom by revealing You—not as a distant promise, but as a present reality. I choose relationship over imagination and truth over tradition. Amen.

FURTHER STUDY
Colossians 3:3–4 (KJV)
For ye are dead, and your life is hid with Christ in God. When Christ, who is our life, shall appear, then shall ye also appear with him in glory.
John 17:21–23 (KJV)
That they all may be one; as thou, Father, art in me, and I in thee, that they also may be one in us…
2 Corinthians 5:17 (KJV)
Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature…

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Written by Jeremiah Owofio