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It was the early hours of the morning, and I was sound asleep. Suddenly, I was startled as the phone rang. I was thousands of miles and an entire ocean away from my home. No one had the phone number of the hotel where I was staying. "Who could be calling me at this time of the morning?" I thought.
The voice on the other
end of the phone said, "Good morning, Sammy. This is the Prime
Minister."
Believe me. It didn't
take a long time to be completely awake. "Well, good morning, Mr. Prime
Minister," I responded.
"I would like to
meet with you. Is it possible for you to come to my office this morning?"
he asked.
It didn't take long to
answer that question. Nor did it take long to get dressed and prepared to go to
the Prime Minister's office. When the head of a nation invites you into his
presence, you don't fool around. You prepare yourself and immediately go.
Yet, every Christian is
bid into the presence of the Prime Minister of Prime Ministers, the President
of Presidents, the King of Kings - Jesus, the Christ. He calls us to daily
awaken early in the morning, get dressed, and join Him for a private
conference. Think about that. The God who hung the stars in place; the God who
put the moon in place; the God who created everything that exists; this same
God wants to have a personal and private meeting with you and me.
There's no greater
privilege than to meet with Him. He is absolute purity. There's no evil in His
nature; no wrong in His actions; no darkness in His person. And our lives are
full of sin, deceit, and failure. He has saved us by His grace. And He keeps us
by His grace. It's all of grace. We are what we are because of His grace. By
His grace, He bids us into His presence. We ought to run and hide from such a
holy God. But by the grace of Jesus, we're bid into the presence of absolute
Majesty. What a privilege we've been given.
Jesus said, "and
the one who comes to Me I will certainly not cast out" (John 6:37 NAU).
The Son of God bids us into His presence. The heavenly phone rings early each
morning, and the voice tenderly says, "Sammy, this is the King of Kings
and Lord of Lords. I'd like to meet with you. Would you come into My presence?"
He bids. Such an honor;
such a privilege that we've been given. We ought to awaken every morning with a
sense of excitement at that call. We ought to get dressed, prepare ourselves
and go immediately into His presence. He's waiting.
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