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The House Guest
by Steve Countryman You have just received a message that an important house guest will be staying with you for a while. This person is someone you know about and know of but never spent any time with. You don't really know him that well at all. This person has picked you to stay with and is excited for the opportunity to get to know you better. You try to prepare your home to receive him and make him feel at home while he is there. You remove those things that might offend or insult him. You want to present your home and life as best you can while he is a guest in you home. There are TV shows, magazines, books, video games. movies and music that you know he won't approve of. Some of your clothes that you and your family wears with the "sayings" on them and holes in them will not be well received. Even some of your friends that come around will only become an embarrassment to you once they open their mouths. You avoid saying and doing those things that displeases him. Then there are general manners and common courtesies that are not observed around a proper house guest. Paying attention to them while you all sit down eating your meals together. Putting away your smart phones, computers, TV shows and video games and giving them your undivided attention. Taking the time to get to know them as you converse with them. While he is your house guest you make all of your plans around him. To include him in your daily lives and family activities. Your meals, your errands, your trips, your meetings, your get togethers and socializing is all organized to include him. He is in all of your decisions. His influence is so powerful and strong in your life that he defines who you are. Just being around him has completely changed your life. You enjoy his company, his joy and peace that you experience while you are with him. You find comfort in his words and wisdom to help you through your struggles. Your daily life is now totally different than it used to be because you have developed a "habit of trust". This habit of trust is where you include Him in every day living. You are born into a natural world of sin and self centeredness. Where your daily life and decisions are all what you decide and how it will impact you. Others are seldom thought of. When you get older and have a family some of that changes but your decisions are still your decisions. Asking him for advice or guidance in your decisions is new uncharted territory. It requires faith and trust. This is where you find that developing a "habit of trust" draws you in to a closer and deeper intimate relationship with him. You find that your decisions are more sound once you receive his counsel. For your house guest doesn't want to stay a house guest who only comes to visit. He loves you so much that He has adopted you into His family. What He would like in return is for you to make Him part of your family. To live with you and be involved in your daily life and daily decisions both big and small. His love now flows in you, to you, with you, for you and through you. You like yourself and your family more and more because of the positive impact that he has had on you. You find yourself wanting to share him with others as your friends notice the changes in you. His name is Jesus and His gift of salvation is free. He accepts you as you are with all of your failures, faults and flaws. He doesn't look for perfect people to adopt into His family but for those who will let Him make them perfect in Him! Article Source: http://www.faithwriters.com |