Who Better Than Christ?

That Christ may dwell in your hearts by faith; that ye, begin rooted and grounded in love….

Ephesians 3:17

Paul understood what was important for his children in the faith.  As he prayed for them, he prayed that God would do in them and for them what would be the best.  One of his requests was ‘that Christ may dwell, in your hearts through faith.’  Our hearts are full of something and/or someone.  Our hearts are, by nature, and apart from grace, ‘deceitful above all things and desperately wicked.’  God alone can grant us hearts that are new, clean, and filled with something else other than selfish desires and personal idols.  If these occupy our hearts no more, because of the regenerating work of the Holy Spirit, what will take the place of those things which used to occupy our hearts?  Paul is praying for his children, ‘that Christ may dwell in your hearts by faith.’  Who better than Christ to dwell in our hearts?  He is God, and as God, deserves to occupy our hearts.  He is our Redeemer, and as such, deserves to occupy our hearts.   He is our Prophet, Priest, and King, and therefore, deserves to occupy our hearts.  He is our Best Friend, and so deserves to occupy our hearts.  He is the Way, Truth and Life, and thus deserves to occupy our hearts.  Therefore, for all these reasons and more besides, we desire that Christ should dwell in our hearts by faith. 

Our Glorious Living Christ,
we rejoice that it is Your desire
to dwell in our hearts by faith.
We pray that today, You will indeed,
fill us with Your Holy Spirit,
and abide with us.

Tomm Tice
Where the Bush is Burning