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Making Room for Jesus
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by Lori Sentell
s we transition into the last month of this
first in our hearts will make us a better wife, a better
year, we see a season and holiday that is full
daughter, a better sister, and a better friend to those
of commercialism. It is so easy to get caught
around us. It is promised in His Word, that if we will
up in the hustle and bustle of the holiday season. We
look unto Him and welcome Him, He will come in. He
decorate, shop, and prepare for dinners, parties, visitors,
will be everything we need to make it through!
and many more events. In order for any of these to be
The Bible tells us in Psalms 24:7-9: “Lift up your
a success, there has to be a plan. Without a plan, things
heads, O ye gates; and be ye lift up ye everlasting doors;
can be disastrous and chaotic. We want everything to
and the King of Glory shall come in. Who is this King of
be as perfect as possible, and we work hard to make sure all of the lists are checked and marked off. In all of our hurriedness, we often forget the most important person…Jesus! Our lives and our hearts become so consumed and filled with stuff instead of being filled with Him. We need to prepare our hearts and put Him first on our Christmas list. We need to make room for Him in our hearts just like we prepare a special place for a guest that is coming to our house. Our guest would have clean sheets, towels, and anything else that would make them comfortable. We would not tell our guest when they came to our door, “I
Glory? The Lord strong and mighty in battle. Lift up your
have no room for you,” “My house is a wreck, you can’t
heads, O ye gates; even lift them up ye everlasting doors;
come in,” or “Come back when I have time for you to be
and the King of glory shall come in.”
here.” We would never do this…yet we make no room in
This is a must in order to have a close relationship
our hearts for our Savior. We push Him aside for other
with our Heavenly Father. A familiar line in the
things that seem more important at the time. By doing
Christmas carol, “Joy to The World,” also reminds us:
this, we are distancing ourselves from the very source of
“Let every heart prepare Him room.” Prepare your heart
our help and strength.
this Christmas season and let Him in and see what He
welcome Him to come in! Let Him fill you with His love, peace, kindness, and joy as only He can. Putting Christ
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will do in your life. About The Author
We need to open wide the door of our hearts and
Lori Sentell is the pastor’s wife of Cornerstone Church of God in Cleveland, Tennessee, and she is a teacher at Hopewell Elementary School.
