Where I Am there My Servant Will Be Also

Jesus transfigured on the Mount Hermon near Caesarea Philippi and three disciples witnessed the Lord transfigured and talking with Moses and Elijah in His majestic glory. This event shows that Jesus Christ doesn't have to die on the cross to enter into the glory where he was from. If he entered the glory that way, he could save himself but couldn't save others. No, Jesus Christ the Lord did choose die in order to obey the commandment of the Father. To die was the will of God for our Lord Jesus Christ. “I will no longer talk much with you, for the ruler of this world is coming, and he has nothing in Me. But that the world may know that I love the Father, and as the Father gave Me commandment, so I do.”  John 14:30-31 NKJV

In this passage above, Jesus made Himself clear that He was going to die not by the prince of the world, the devil, but by His voluntary submission to the Father. Here is the parable of the kernel of wheat recorded in John’s Gospel twelfth chapter, in which our Lord Jesus Christ revealed the reason why He must die. 

“But Jesus answered them, saying, “The hour has come that the Son of Man should be glorified. Most assuredly, I say to you, unless a grain of wheat falls into the ground and dies, it remains alone; but if it dies, it produces much grain. He who loves his life will lose it, and he who hates his life in this world will keep it for eternal life. If anyone serves Me, let him follow Me; and where I am, there My servant will be also. If anyone serves Me, him My Father will honor.” (John 12:23-26 KNJV)

Jesus made a decision to obey the Father that He would become a grain of wheat which falls into the ground and dies in order to produce much grain. In fact, we are among the grain produced by the death of the Lord Jesus Christ. Just as the parable of the grain of wheat applies to our Lord Jesus, so also it does to all of us. The world says that he who loves his life will keep it. But it is the lie of the devil. Jesus says that he who hates his life will be saved. The thought of the world is different from that of God (Isaiah 55:8). What does it mean to hate his life? Do not misunderstand it as if he has to hate himself because he is sinful though it is true. Rather, it means not to trust himself but God only. As a matter of fact, there is nothing we can trust in ourselves. We are born to trust and live in God only.

What does it mean to serve God? To serve Him means to follow Him continually just as our Lord Jesus Christ obeyed the Father to the point of death. Now, don’t miss what Jesus says to his disciples who continually follow Him. “Where I am, My servant will be also. If anyone serves Me, him My Father will honor.” This is one of the most wonderful promises in the Scripture. What does it mean? It means if we follow Jesus Christ without ceasing, who obeyed the Father unto death, we also will be where the Lord Jesus Christ is.

We are with the Lord! Isn't it amazing? Where is He? He is resting seated in the right hand of God. Furthermore, there with the Lord Jesus Christ we will be honored by the Father. That’s a profound and transcendent reward for anyone who follows Him. The rewards are the deep sense of love, peace and joy, immovable security, blamelessness, and wholeness. That’s “where I am there My servant will be also” means. I thank God for that true reward.