GIVE HIM FULL ACCESS

February 15

Psalms 119:58 I intreated thy favour with my whole heart: be merciful unto me according to thy word.

God’s children of the past looked forward to the coming of the Messiah. God’s children of today look back at the saving blood of the Lamb. The common element to both is the knowledge that we are sinners and that to approach God we need the sacrifice of the innocent atoning lamb. We cannot in fact entreat God’s mercy (undeserved forgiveness) unless we are aware, with our whole heart, of our inherent doomed state.

But how much is our ”whole heart”? How much mercy do we really need?

He already knows what’s in our heart; but as the ‘gentleman’ that He is, He will not intrude. He will not impose Himself nor His will into our lives without our permission. He waits until we are ready. He will only look in the chambers that we open to Him. We are the ones who give Him permission to get involved, even to take over certain areas of our lives. He will not go, nor interfere where He is not wanted.

May we learn to “entreat” the LORD fully. May we call upon Him without reservation. Let’s open our bedroom doors and our windows. Lets’ give Him full unreserved access to the closets, the kitchen, the cellar, and the attic. In the yieldedness of our soul, and confident knowledge that according to His Word He will treat us mercifully, let’s allow Him to open every drawer; let’s pull every curtain of our life.

Isaiah 1:18 Come now, and let us reason together, saith the LORD: though your sins be as scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they be red like crimson, they shall be as wool.