Dont make Christ a stranger in His own home

“He who is not with Me is against Me, and he who does not gather with Me scatters.”

John 11: 23 (New King James Version)

Picture this with me… You walk into your own house and then you see this bunch of strangers who are walking around in your home. And they are doing whatever they want. And when you ask them , “hey you cant do that… what are you doing?” and they start treating you like a stranger in your own house. You see your house become a mess before your very eyes, being used for purposes that are against your will… people who don’t belong there are dwelling in your place.

When God looks into our lives what does He see ? This heart is to be lifted to Him . This is His house. But when He looks into our hearts is He welcome knowing that this is His home , or do we treat Christ like a stranger in His own home. We have invited addictions into our lives , we have invited wrong relationships into our lives , our lives which were meant to be used for His glory is now being used for things that are not in accordance with His will.

Lets not treat Christ like a stranger in His own home. This life that we live belongs to Him. The greatest love story of all Jesus Christ came for us, He loved us first , he paid the price for our sins and He is seated at the right hand of the Father and He calls us His own . 1 John 4: 17, “Love has been perfected among us in this: that we may have boldness in the day of judgment; because as He is, so are we in this world.”

If we are not walking with God then we are walking against God. Its as simple as that. We cannot hold on to both. We read in the latter half of the verse , “he who does not gather with Me scatters”. If we decide to marry a non-believer because we say we love this person so much , do understand that we hold this person above the ways of God which is idolatry. We are walking against God !

If we decide that watching that sinful channel or surfing on those pornographic sites or reading those books and magazines is what we want to have dwell in our lives, understand we have pushed Christ away and have invited sin to reside.

Its time to kick out those actual strangers in your house and invite the true owner Jesus Christ to reside. Today is the day, now is the time. Enough of making so much provisions for sin and ways of the world to take ownership of our lives.

Lord, cleanse our lives, we invite you Father to take Your rightful place in our lives … You are Lord and Savior of our lives. Have your way in us. Cleanse us from all sin. Purge away all rottenness that we have allowed to dwell within us. Use us completely for Your glory. This is Your house Father. In Jesus Name, we ask, we believe and we receive. Amen

God Bless