Resounding Joy

Resounding Joy!

The coming of the Lord brings a fresh perspective. I find it fascinating how we wait and anticipate this glorious day that signifies the birth of our Lord. Add those emotions to the feelings of starting a brand new year and for many this brings the well spring of hope that has been long awaited.

Revelation 3:20 (New King James Version)

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.

This scripture takes me back to a time when I was so in need of a savior. I cried out to him one night when I was alone in my room with little understanding of what I was actually doing. In that very moment when I decided that the way I had been running my life was not working; at that point when I felt I could not take the pain this life had to offer any longer; when I had done all I knew to do and was still in turmoil; that is when I cried out. I had to come to the point when I was totally at the end of myself before I was willing to trust enough to ask the Lord to help me. I felt wretched, battered and beyond repair.

Today he still stands knocking at the door of my heart. Though I have invited him in many years ago...I am well aware that I am not fully His. I would be lying if I said all areas of my life are in order. There are many pieces of my heart that remain in my own control. Those are the ones where I need him to enter. Though he is in my heart, there are places that remain well hidden, that he wants to heal.

With this celebration of His birth and the pending new year, I ask him to come into those areas that I, for reasons I am unsure of, have kept hidden. I ask him to shed light in the dark areas that can be seen by him and possibly others, but I have been unwilling to look at. Today and in this coming year won't you consider joining me as I recommit my life to Him? There is no telling what might happen inside my heart and yours and the stories we might share could bring healing and love to areas of our lives we have put safely away for another time.

For me, I believe the time is now to allow the Lord to truly come into every area of my heart. Today I am willing to go through the process and accept some things. Today my heart has renewed hope for the possibility that Jesus will bring me to a place of healing and wholeness as I put every part in His care. Lord I pray you have Your way in me.

This is a week of new beginnings, new commitments and new possibilities. I realize that most of you have already asked Christ to be Lord of your lives, but if there are any who have not, there is no time like the present to do so. For those of us who have asked the Lord into our hearts and lives...this is a time to recommit to Him. Whatever the case may be...He stands waiting, you only need give him permission to enter.