Upper Room (1)
He will show you a large upper room, all furnished. Make preparations there. Luke 22:12
Passover is a celebration of the day God freed the Israelites from slavery in Egypt. In Luke 22 Jesus instructs Peter and John to go to the city to make preparations for them to eat the Passover. He said to them, “Behold, when you have entered the city, a man carrying a jar of water will meet you. Follow him into the house that he enters and tell the master of the house, ‘The Teacher says to you, ‘Where is the guest room, where I may eat the Passover with my disciples?’’ And he will show you a large upper room furnished; prepare it there” (Luke 22:10-12, ESV).
The upper room would have been on the roof of a typical home. It may have been open-air or covered by some sort of canopy. It was a room where family and friends would gather at the end of a long day. This is the place where Jesus hosted His last Passover meal with the disciples. It is where they received His final instructions before He went to the cross. Jesus washes the disciples’ feet, tells them what will happen in the future, leaves them with encouragement, prays over them, and promises that He would send them a Helper. He purposefully hosted them in a “large upper room”, a place on which they could reflect, remembering their last physical meeting with Jesus, and be encouraged.
We can all have this upper room experience when we have a designated place where we meet with Jesus. Jesus had a special relationship with His disciples. He wanted to spend time with them in a place where no one could disturb them. When my husband and I started dating we would always look for places where we could be alone to spend time together. We wanted to get to know one another and develop our relationship. It is that same desire that God wants us to have with Him. He invites us to develop a relationship with Him (Matthew 11:28-30) so we can experience all that He is and receive all that He has for us. We cannot develop this type of relationship with distractions and other people around us. We have to get to a secret place, a place with just us and God, and He will begin to open up to us in ways we could never imagine.
When I first started my private time with Jesus it was in a closet in my house. There was no other room that was available so I would go in my closet and sit with God. I would take my Bible and a notepad and God would meet me there. When you have a sacred place with God, you set it aside for an encounter with Him and that place becomes like a portal. It makes room for a spiritual encounter, for relationships to grow deeper. It is a safe place to be transparent with YHWH. I encourage you to go, set up a place, and have this intimacy with Him. You will never regret it.
Affirmations: Matthew 10:20; Luke 24:32; Ephesians 6:19, Isaiah 55:11
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