WHAT HAVE WE GIVEN

“For even the Son of man came not to be ministered unto, but to minister, and to give his life a ransom for many.”

Mark 10:45

King James Version

Frances R. Havergal wrote the beautiful heart touching hymn “I Gave My Life for Thee”.  “I gave My life for thee, My precious blood I shed, That thou might ransomed be, And raised up from the dead; I gave, I gave My life for thee, What hast thou giv’n for Me? I gave, I gave My life for thee, What hast thou giv’n for Me?”  Every one of us needs to answer this question.  What have we given for Jesus? 

The most important thing we can give Him is our heart.  If there has never been a time when you humbled yourself, admitted you were a sinner, asked God to forgive you and invited Jesus into your heart to be your personal Saviour, I urge you, I plead with you to invite Him into your heart today.  Please don’t put it off.  You may not have another day or even another hour.

We read in the Bible “Behold, I stand at the door, and knock: if any man hear my voice, and open the door, I will come in to him, and will sup with him, and he with me” (Revelation 3:20).  For some people, Jesus has been knocking at the door of their heart for years.  Please don’t keep Him standing at the door of your heart any longer.  Open the door of your heart and invite Him into your heart.  Jesus is a Gentleman.  He won’t come in unless you invite Him to come in to your heart.

Your family and friends can’t do it for you.  Salvation is personal between you and Jesus.  He loves you so much He allowed them to beat Him beyond recognition, spit of Him, curse Him, mock Him and reject Him.  Nobody loves you like Jesus loves you and nobody ever will.  Will you make room for Jesus in your heart?

Daniel W. Whittle wrote the hymn “Have You Any Room for Jesus?”  “Room for pleasure, room for business, But for Christ the Crucified, Not a place that He can enter, In the heart for which He died?”  Why is it we can make time to do the things we want to do but neglect to give Jesus first place in our heart, in our life, in our time and in everything we do?  How we must hurt Him and break His heart when we put things ahead of Him.

Joanne Lowe

November 7, 2019