Meditate
On
However,
those the Father has given Me will come to Me, and I will never reject them.
John
6:37, NLT
Come As You Are To Jesus
Years
ago, someone I knew suddenly stopped coming to church for a long time. I
eventually met up with him to find out how he was doing and to see if
everything was all right. He was very honest with me and told me that he was
going through a lot of problems in his marriage, and that he was now addicted
to alcohol. Then, he said this: “Let me get my life right, then I will come
back to church.”
I
smiled and asked him, “Do you clean yourself before you take a bath?” I could
tell from his expression that he was taken aback by my question, so I told him,
“Come as you are to the Lord. He is the bath. He will cleanse you. He will get
your life in order for you, and He will cause every addiction to lose its hold
on you. You don’t have to use your own efforts to clean yourself before you
take a bath!”
I
am glad to share that this precious brother soon returned to church and Jesus
turned his life around. Today, he is happily married, blessed with a beautiful
family and is one of my trusted, key leaders.
Beloved,
that is what the Lord does when you come to Him just as you are, and allow Him
to love you into wholeness. So don’t wait for things to be “perfect” in your
life first. Just come to Him today. Let Him make all things beautiful in your
life!
BLESSINGS
JOSEPH PRINCE
