Open Heart – Devine Dwelling

Open Heart – Devine Dwelling….

The gentle yet persistent knock at the door of your heart echoes the profound invitation: “If any man hears my voice and opens the door, I will come in to him.” This isn’t a casual visit being offered, but the yearning of divine love to intimately reside within the very core of your being.

Here I am! I stand at the door and knock. If anyone hears my voice and opens the door, I will come in and eat with that person, and they with me.  Revelation 3:20

Do you, in the stillness of this evening, feel a stirring towards the celestial? Does your spirit yearn to delve into the profound mysteries of everlasting affection to experience an unburdened communion with the Almighty?

Perhaps a deep-seated longing stirs within you to comprehend the immeasurable dimensions of divine grace – its soaring heights, its unfathomable depths, its boundless lengths, and its encompassing breadths. If this resonates within your soul, then the path lies in drawing ever closer to Jesus.

It necessitates a clear and unwavering vision of His exquisite worth and perfect completeness, a contemplation of His redemptive work, the significance of His sacred offices, and the glorious reality of His very person. For it is in truly understanding Christ that the soul receives an anointing from the Holy One, an anointing that unlocks the very knowledge of God.

Christ stands as the ultimate key, capable of unlocking every sacred chamber within the divine treasury. No storehouse of God’s infinite riches remains sealed to the soul that cultivates a life in close proximity to Jesus. Do you whisper within the depths of your heart, “Oh, that He would make His abode within me? Would that my very being could become His eternal dwelling place?”

Beloved, fling open the doors of your soul without reservation, and He will surely enter. He has patiently stood at the threshold, His knocking motivated by a desire for intimate fellowship – that He might sup with you, and you with Him.

He shares this sacred meal with you because you offer the sanctuary of your heart, while you partake with Him because He Himself brings the very sustenance your soul requires. Without your open heart, He could not enter; without His divine provision, your inner being remains spiritually impoverished. Therefore, cast wide the portals of your soul.

He will arrive bearing the very love for which your heart aches. He will usher in a joy that your weary spirit cannot conjure on its own. He will bestow a peace that currently eludes your grasp. He comes laden with flagons of celestial wine and the sweet, revitalizing apples of divine affection, ready to revive you until your only ailment is the sweet surrender of “love overpowering, love divine.”

Only grant Him entry. Expel the adversaries that would keep Him at bay. Entrust Him with the keys to your innermost being, and He will establish His eternal residence within you. Oh, the breathtaking wonder of a love that would bring such a magnificent Guest to dwell within a humble heart!

Heavenly Father, in the quiet of this evening, we acknowledge the gentle yet powerful invitation of your Son. We confess that often the doors of our hearts are heavy with the dust of the world, cluttered with our own desires and fears. We pray for the courage and the grace to fling them wide open, to welcome the King of Glory into the deepest chambers of our souls. Grant us a hunger for the heights and depths of your love, a longing for intimate communion with you. May we truly understand the preciousness and completeness of Christ, that through Him, we may know you more fully. Make our hearts your dwelling place, O Lord, now and forevermore. Amen.

The heart that has no secret corners for Christ to retire into in times of trouble and sorrow is a heart that does not know Him well.

Walk daily with God at your side!

Love always,

Ed 🙏🏼