Malachi 3:1-2a "Behold, I send My messenger, and he will prepare the way for Me. And the Lord, Whom you seek, will suddenly come to His temple, even the Messenger of the covenant, in Whom you delight. Behold, He is coming, says the Lord of hosts. But who can endure the day of His coming? And who can stand when He appears?"
Once again, the Father has shown me just how well He knows His children. He knows that our hearts long for the returning of our Lord Jesus. But He also knows a lot of the longing and desire of some people come from a need to be taken from this world we live in....to relieve the weariness and stress that living here presents to us daily. How many can truthfully say we long for His return just so we can be with Him; just to look into His beautiful eyes with nothing else on our mind, or in our hearts but a true desire for only Him. We have all been guilty, probably many times, in facing a difficulty, or from seeing injustice and sin, have cried out, "Come Lord Jesus, Come". But that cry indicates such a need for ones self to be freed from this world and all it's sinful ways, or to be released from a sick, crippled body, its disease weighing us down, and I so understand this, I am guilty of this myself. But the Lord has shown me, this is not the heart that will draw our Lord down to us.
The Lord God spoke to me last week and said "When My Son comes again it will first be to the hearts of man". I wrote that down on a pad I keep on the vanity in the bathroom. I keep pads of paper all over the house as I try to stop and make notes when the Lord tells me something. I have a tablet on the seat of my car also, He does tell me a lot when I am in the car. We must always be ready for a word from our Lord, especially now as time draws near. But I am wandering now. So as I was getting ready for bed the Lord spoke these words to me and I wrote them down and went to bed. I did not write about it. The Lord does not, I am finding, just give me words to write down and leave alone. So as I did nothing with those words, He again spoke to me this morning, into my spirit, and said "I have prepared for my Son's return for His Bride. Are you prepared to receive Him?"
I knew I was being given an important word for the Bride.
Jesus will first return to us in our hearts. Our hearts have got to be ready to receive Him. If there is any reason we want the Lord to return for us other than the purest love and desire for Him alone, His return will be delayed. Jesus has done everything to make Himself so desirable to us. His gift of love to us on the cross should have been more than enough but He continued to give to us. He sent His blessed Spirit, our Holy Spirit to dwell within our hearts; to guide us in His ways, to convict us of any sin that would hinder our relationship with Him and the Father; to console us as we repent of these sins; and to draw us back into the arms of our Lord once again....spotless and righteous in Jesus. Now our Savior sits at the right hand of the Father making intercession for us, standing before the Father as the Father sees us through Him, giving us His heirship, making us one with He and the Father.
And in return.....He only wants to be loved, desired, worshiped for Who He is, no other reason. Not for what we want, not for help with our problems, although He does that for us on a daily basis; He only wants to be loved for one reason. He loves us with such a passion, and wants to be loved in the same manner. Just loved, with the purest love.
Search deep into your hearts. Is the love for the Lord Jesus without reservation...without other desires crowding it? When you say to the Lord, "I love You Jesus" does your heart swell to almost bursting as you cannot find the words to express how much you love Him. Can you read the Word of God and not feel His presence all around you as you read of His love, His sacrifice for you? Begin to search your heart, look for anything that should not be there. Ask the Holy Spirit daily to search you for anything that is not pleasing to the Lord, anything not of Him, to be shown to you. Cleanse our hearts daily, Lord, of anything that is not of You, anything that would keep my Lord from desiring me.
When the day of the return of the Lord comes, when every eye, saint and sinner alike, will see him, if you are not ready, not prepared to receive Him, you will miss the most precious moment of time. Only those who have the urgency in their souls, with hearts having an unmatched love, the purest love only for the Lord, unlike any love for anyone else, will know the drawing away with Him.
You must be ready to receive HIm, not letting anyone, anything take your eyes off of Him. Parents, wives, husbands, you cannot allow your families to draw your attention from our Lord. That is part of His coming to your heart first, to assure you there is no worry or concern in a pure love of Jesus. Complete trust must be found in that love. I know a lot of you may not agree here but it has to be, only Jesus must be your hearts desire, your thoughts only of Him. Your eyes cannot leave His to look back. The Lord has told us all that if we give all to Him, including our families, He is faithful to draw them to Himself also. Trust that. Don't let the enemy put doubt in your hearts. You cannot save them, only the Lord can. And He is faithful to do that, He has promised.
Jesus is coming to the hearts of man. Are we prepared to receive Him? Are we prepared to let go of all earthly concerns and worries and rest in Him...give all to Him and just let our hearts be of the purest love...a passionate love.....that same love that Jesus has for us.
Prepare the way for the Lord. Let our hearts be drawn to Him as He comes first to your heart to see if He is what is found there...only Him. He is our peace. He is coming for His Bride...the heart of pure love...for Him alone.
01-19-12
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