At Home in Your Heart?
I pray that from his glorious, unlimited resources he will empower you with inner strength through his Spirit. Then Christ will make his home in your hearts as you trust in him. Your roots will grow down into God’s love and keep you strong. —Ephesians 3:16-17
The doorbell rings. You aren’t expecting anyone. You go to the door with a combination of anxiety and anticipation searching your mind for some fact that would explain why you are getting a visitor at this hour.
You open the door and there stands Jesus. Your heart jumps with joy but somewhere in your being you hope He doesn’t want to come in. You quickly scan the interior of your house in your mind to decide what room you should escort Him to. Will He know what has happened in each room of your home? Will He hear words that have been spoken? You know He will. His kind eyes say “Aren’t you going to ask me in?” So you do.
You notice your laptop on the table and ridiculously hope that He doesn’t ask to use it to check His email. You hear the television softly in the background and try to remember what you were watching. You steer Him away from the chair with the stack of magazines next to it, frantically trying to remember what might be in that stack. This wasn’t the way you expected it would be when you came face-to-face with Jesus.
How foolish we are. He already knows about the magazines, the television, the spoken words, what’s on the computer. If we have a resolution to make this year, shouldn’t it be that if He rings our door bell this year, we will be ready to hug Him, kiss His check and welcome Him in with joyful, tear stained eyes?
Consider this and be blessed.
Nick
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