What if Jesus Came to Spend the Night
“Now when Jesus saw great multitudes about him, he gave commandment to
depart unto the other side. And a certain scribe came, and said unto him,
Master, I will follow thee whithersoever thou goest. And Jesus saith unto him,
The foxes have holes, and the birds of the air have nests; but the Son of man
hath not where to lay his head.” (Matthew 8: 18 - 20 KJV)
One day Jesus is coming back for us. What a glorious day of rejoicing and
victory that will be for some people! The sad thing about it is that for some
people it will be a day of sorrow and embarrassment. What if Jesus came back to
spend the night with us, would our homes and our hearts be clean? Would we be
ready for Him to spend the night with us or would we have to ask Him to come
back when our homes and our hearts are clean?
Do we have a bed where He could sleep? If not, would we be willing to give up
our bed for Him? If we will read this verse with our hearts instead of just
reading it with our minds, we would understand and realize that He felt rejected
because nobody invited Him to live with them. How my heart breaks when I read
what He said “The foxes have holes, and the birds of the air have nests; but the
Son of man hath not where to lay his head”.
I receive a lot of emails from people who tell me that they feel all alone and
that they don’t believe anybody loves them. I believe with all of my heart that
our Saviour sometimes felt the same way. I think that He felt like nobody cared
about Him because of the way they rejected Him, doubted Him and criticized Him.
I think that He felt lonely many times while He was here on earth.
Would we have to call people and tell them that we couldn’t go to those places
with them? Would He be offended because of the people we have as our close
friends? We are to witness to people but we are to be very selective about our
close friends. It is very important that we only form close friendships with
people who love Jesus. A person can be a Christian and not love Him. It only
takes one person to pull us down and discourage us but it only takes one person
to encourage us and say “You can do it”. We should be that kind of person to our
family, our loved ones and to the world. We need to be encouraging people, not
discouraging them.
Would we be embarrassed for Him to see the magazines and books we are reading?
Would He be hurt and upset to hear the kind of music that we are listening to
and to see the program that we have on the television set when He comes to spend
the night with us? What about the things we are doing when He comes to spend the
night with us? Are the things we are doing pleasing to Him or do they bring
shame and disgrace to Him?
If we can’t go to places and read books and magazines and watch things when
Jesus is spending the night with us, then we should never read them, listen to
them or go to those places. We may hide these things from our families and our
friends, but we can’t hide from Jesus. He knows everything and He sees
everything.
Is your heart ready if Jesus were to ask you if He could spend the night with
you? Is it filled with unconditional love for others as He has commanded us to
love others or is your heart filled with resentment and anger? If He were to
look into your heart right this minute, would it be filled with the light of His
joy, peace and happiness or would it be full of criticism and hatred?
Thank God that when He does return for us, He is taking us home to be with Him
for all eternity. Are you going to go with Him when He comes back for us? Have
you been washed in the cleansing atoning blood of Jesus? If not, you will not go
with Him, instead you will go to live with satan forever. Please don’t miss out
on spending eternity with our precious Saviour. Give your heart and life to Him
now before it is too late!
Joanne Lowe
August 25, 2007