Jesus wants more from you than a thought of Sunday morning or a prayer before bed. He wants to make His home in you, as you make your home in Him. "Remain in Me, as I also remain in you" He says in John 15:4. He wants your heart and His heart to beat to the same rhythym. He made you to be with Him.
This is what I am reminded of, having re-read Robert Boyd Munger's My Heart- Christ's Home.
As much as I try to read scripture and pray daily, including confessing my sins, I have recently felt that I am not being a good host to my guest, Jesus. I'm not a terrible host, I'm just not as attentive anymore. He's been here for so long and sometimes I simply have other things to worry about, other things to do. We do say hello and goodnight, and maybe even have a cup of coffee after lunch or dinner. Still, the house is getting messy and I know it is rude not to keep it clean for my guest, I know, but there are other things that are more important to me; and at least I acknowledge it and apologize.
This is the state of my heart.
Then finally it hit me. All this time I've been treating Jesus as a guest in my home/heart, when He has actually come to be in charge. (That's exactly the way it works in Munger's story too.) Making that switch in my brain and in my will is all the difference, though its something I need to be reminded of constantly.
"Almighty God, You have made us for yourself, and our hearts are restless until they rest in You." -St. Augustine, Confessions
