i imagined (or did i?)

Last night was the first time i really felt like i was standing before the Lord Jesus.

As i prepared to pray and intercede for MOL in my room, my heart skipped a beat before the words came out, and i paused, moving half a step backwards.

i felt so overwhelmed by the glorious presence of God. it was indescribable... i just knew, i was standing in the presence of a h o l y God.

That was why i paused. How could i, a sinful person, be so near a completely and awesomely holy and righteous God.

Guess what, He then beckoned me gently to Himself, allowing me to stand in the gap between the people i was praying about and Him, allowing me to be so near, only to hear Him say "Daughter, know My heart"...

Indeed it is exactly because of God's heart for every person, because of the Cross and Jesus' sacrifice on the Cross, that we can 'draw near to God with a sincere heart in full assurance of faith' (Hebrews 10:22a). The whole chapter Hebrews 10, in fact, talks about 'the new and living way opened for us to go to God through the curtain, that is, Jesus' body' (v.19-20). 'By (His) one sacrifice (for sins), Jesus has made perfect forever those who are being made holy' (v.14).

Would you go to Jesus this CHRISTmas? You are the reason for CHRISTmas. =)