Is There Room in Your Heart for Jesus? “Behold, I stand at the door and knock. If anyone hears My voice and opens the door, I will come in to him and dine with him, and he with Me.” —Revelation 3:20 Zacharias and Elizabeth were looking for the First Coming of Jesus, but the religious professionals weren’t looking for Him at all. Zacharias and Elizabeth were ordinary people who faced the ordinary troubles, stresses, and pains of life that we do, but they made room in their hearts for Jesus. They kept their focus on His First Coming. That same continental divide, separators that determine destinations, still exists today. There are still two groups: one looking for the Second Coming of Jesus and the other that could not care less about Him. The ultimate outcome for each has monumental and eternal proportions: one is headed for God’s new Paradise and the other for the Lake of Fire. So much superficial religious activity and externalism goes on at Christmas because people are close to God in every way but in their hearts, because that is a supernatural event associated with the new birth—being born again. For that reason, the whole world can have the Christmas symbols around them, and the songs and great doctrine in the hymns, but still not get it. God continues to seek those who will worship Him—those who are circumcised in their heart. That is the New Covenant: “I will give you a new heart and put a new spirit within you; . . . and cause you to walk in My statutes” (Ezekiel 36:26–27). Only those to whom God gives a new heart can truly worship Him this Christmas season. Make a choice to live in hope. Zacharias and Elizabeth embraced the Christ of Christmas, the Promised One, in their hearts. In faith, they believed that Jesus came to that manger one dark night to bear away the sin of the world—its penalty, debt, and stain. That sacrifice for sin is the only reason you and I can have enduring hope for the end of days. So choose to live in that hope this Christmas because the Sunrise has come—He is here! Open your heart wide to Him. Jesus is the only key to the day that knows no night. As a possessor of the Light of the World, you no longer walk in darkness; you no longer need to fear the dark because you have the Sunrise from on High. What a joy to have that confidence and comfort this Christmas season! amazon/Living-Hope-End-Days-Revelation-ebook/dp/B000ZHZOA4/ref=la_B001K8Y0SE_1_4?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1418132072&sr=1-4
Posted on: Tue, 09 Dec 2014 13:34:59 +0000
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