IT’s POSSIBLESpeaker: Sis. Stella Dhinakaran Gist: Invite the Lord into your heart then you will experience the fullness of joy. “I drew them with gentle cords, With bands of love, And I was to them as those who take the yoke from their neck. I stooped and fed them” (Hosea 11:4).
God desires to bind you in His love, abide with you and you in Him and have fellowship with you.
"Abide in Me, and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit of itself, unless it abides in the vine, neither can you, unless you abide in Me. I am the vine, you are the branches. He who abides in Me, and I in him, bears much fruit; for without Me you can do nothing” (John 15:4-5).
Even if you go far away from the Lord, He comes close to you and puts His divine love into your heart and draws you closer to Him. Jesus Christ declares, “"I and My Father are one" (John 10:30).
My dear Friend, if Jesus Christ greatly felt the need for abiding with His Father always, how much more should our desire for abiding with Jesus Christ be? Perhaps you have thus far been far away from the fellowship of Christ. Today, Now, God wants to lift you up from the horrible pit and miry clay into which you had fallen. May be your life is sending out a foul smell, you are quarrelsome, bearing lies and always indulging in unwanted thoughts but today the Lord desires to make you a new creation. God wants to transform you into a person who has His attributes. Is that possible? Yes it is indeed possible. But how is it possible?
“for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God, being justified freely by His grace through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus” (Romans 3:23-24).
There lived a boy who started loving the Lord Jesus Christ very dearly even from a young age. He came from a family that never knew about Christ and the deeper truths of the Christian living yet as he grew to be a young man, he strongly desired to marry a Christian girl.
One day a pastor visited his home and told him about the indescribable love of Jesus Christ. Immediately he gave his heart to the Lord Jesus Christ. His life completely changed for the better. He who had been smoking for quite sometime received the divine touch of the Lord and the love of God was poured into his heart. He became a righteous man because Jesus Christ came to dwell in his heart. Right now the Lord desires you to inherit His attributes. Just open the door of your heart and say, “Lord! I want You to help me lead a righteous life. Please fill my heart with Your presence. Come, stay with me, remove all my unwanted sinful nature and forgive my sins.” Then you will feel the presence of God and experience the fullness of joy.
Prayer:
Almighty God,
I understand the fact that it is possible to become a righteous person by inviting You to stay in my heart always. Help me to delight in Your presence and experience the fullness of joy in my Spirit this day.
In Jesus’ name I pray.
Amen. |