The question comes to you and me. What shall your answer be?”

At some point in our lives, we will come to the realization that the path we are traveling is not the path God prepared for us; but we have been walking in our own sinful way for so long, that it becomes a habit, that it seems easier than changing course. But look around you, take a good look at what is going on around you, the way you spend your time, and who you spend it with, and ask yourself this question – If God should call me home right now, where would I spend eternity? Will it be with the chosen one, who sits at God’s right hand, will I be singing with the angel band, or sinking slowly in hell’s quick sand?

Dear Lord, I have been selfish; I spent the time you have given me on the worthless pleasures of this world; I have turned you away when you called, even though, many times when I needed you, you were there for me. Lord, is that that door still open? Will you call my name again? Let me hear your pleading voice once more. I am ready and willing to make room in my heart for you. Oh, come to my heart Lord Jesus, there is room in my heart for thee.

“Why do you linger, why do you stray, in the broad road, the most dangerous way, while right before you narrow and straight, is the bright pathway to heaven’s pearly gates?” My brothers and sisters in Christ, Jesus has been calling you, earnestly and tenderly he has been calling you to come home. Why do you linger and heed not his mercy, when he’s calling for you to come home? Come home to Jesus, all ye who are weary, come home, and find rest in the Savior’s loving arms. Only one step to take, why not take it now?

We screen our phone calls and answer as we wish. Sometimes the calls we don’t accept are the calls that would have made a difference in our lives. Sometimes the calls that we do not return until days or weeks later, does not matter anymore. If you were expecting a call, you would answer on the first ring. If you were expecting a visitor you would answer the door at the first knock. We know that Christ will come again, but we know that he will not come again until every knee shall bow, and every tongue confesses that he is Lord. God has been calling you, knocking on your door, waiting on you to bow; he has been waiting for you to confess his name. Oh, how can you ask Jesus to wait? He is not stranger, but he has been knocking a long time; he has been calling you to come home for a long time, but you refuse to return his call, you refuse to answer his knock at the door; he has been seeking your heart, but there is barrier blocking him. Will you allow God to come into your heart today and cleanse it from sin? You may think that you have all the time in the world to answer his call, but know, that TODAY is time accepted; TOMORROW you may call in vain. Accept God’s call of grace today for he may not call again. “Room for Jesus, King of Glory, hasten now his word obey, swing your heart’s door wide open, and bid him enter while you may.” Praise the Lord!

It is so sad to hear people making excuses as to why they cannot make time for God. They find time for everything else, but no time for God. How much of your time during any give day does God have your full attention? How long will you keep pushing him on the back burner? Christ is knocking at your heart’s door, he has been knocking a long time. Would he get tired and go away? My brothers and sister in Christ, you may have given up on God but God will never give up on you. Instead, when he stops knocking you will know. He will find another way to get your attention and most times it’s a hard lesson. Read for yourselves in Deuteronomy chapter 28, the blessings of obedience and the curses of disobedience. I am in no way trying to scare you, but to show a better way, God’s way. Our God is a jealous God. He said, “Because you have refused to serve the Lord thy God with joyfulness, and with gladness of heart, for the abundance of all things; therefore, shalt thou serve thine enemies which the Lord shall send against thee, in hunger, and in thirst, and in nakedness, and in want of all things: and he shall put a yoke of iron upon thy neck, until he have destroyed thee. He, who has ears to hear the word of the Lord, let him here.” My prayer this morning is that you will make time for God, to spend some quality time in his presence, in which there is fullness of joy. Praise the Lord!

This week, the second week in Advent is the week of peace. The candle of peace is burning.

Many will be throwing out the old to bring home something new for Christmas. But as you make room to bring in the new things that you will treat yourselves to, clean out a spot in the corner of your heart for Jesus. He has been in your house unrecognized. He has been locked out from the door of your heart. He has been carrying your load of sin. It’s time for us to make room in our hearts for Jesus where he may abide. It’s time to throw out the old and bring in the new. Satan has been residing in your homes and your hearts for far too long; consider him old and throw him out to make room for Jesus, who will not seek to destroy the new things you bring home, but preserve them and allow you to use them for his honor and his glory. “Room for Jesus, King of Glory, hasten now his word obey, swing your heart’s door wide open, and bid him enter while you may.”

My brothers and sisters in Christ, sing unto the Lord daily, proclaim the good news of his salvation from day to day, until he comes again, for no one knows the times or the seasons when Christ will come again. Therefore be vigilant, be watchful, for he will come as a thief in the night and you may be found wanting.

Have you yet seen the light? Are you walking in the light of the Lord? What better time to begin walking in the light of the Lord, than this Christmas Season? How could we continue to walk in darkness when we have so much to be thankful for? All through the year, God has been providing for us, he has been guiding us through all of the problems that we faced, he has been there for us in so many ways, and now we are almost at the end of the year, he gives another reason to say thank you, in that we could celebrate this glorious season with hope, peace, joy and goodwill.  Show God how thankful you are by inviting into your hearts, make room for him in your homes, and know that he will abide there not just for the New Year, but for all eternity.

“You know what time it is, how it is now the moment for you to wake from sleep. For Salvation is nearer to us now, than when we became believers; the night is far gone, the day is near. Let us then lay aside the works of darkness and put on the armor of light; let us live honorably as in the day, not in reveling and drunkenness, not in debauchery and licentiousness, not in quarreling and jealousy. Instead, put on the Lord Jesus Christ, and make no provision for the flesh, to gratify its desires.” Jesus said, “I have come into the world as a light, so that no one who believes in me should stay in darkness.” Praise the Lord!