He Makes Room for Us

He makes room for us. Will we make room for Him?

As I sit down to write, I have a picture in my mind of Jesus saving a seat for me right next to Him in church. When I enter into the sanctuary, He beckons me with a smile on His face to come sit down. “Come sit with Me, I saved you a seat!”

If the churches we attend are at all worth their salt, then we sit next to Jesus every time we enter in. The Bible says that wherever two or more are gathered in His name, He is there in the midst of them (Matt. 18:20). But the truth of the matter is that there is a seat open for us right next to Jesus every day of the week, and not just on Sundays when we’re showered, well-dressed, and seem to have all our ducks in a row.

His invitation is constant. In fact, right next to Him is where He wants us to reside at all times, without exception. Wherever your relationship with the Lord is at this moment, He is calling you to go deeper still…

Thankfulness Opens the Door

Behold, I stand at the door and knock. If anyone hears My voice and opens the door, I will come in to him and eat with him, and he with Me.

Revelation 3:20

The number one thing the Father wants from us is real relationship. Jesus is always knocking on the door of our hearts, always offering His best way for our lives, always leading us and helping us to follow Him. Just as the Father has made room for us by His grace, we must make room for Him in our lives, as well.

We make room for Him by our thankfulness.

When we set our minds and keep them set on all the Lord has done for us, we will overflow with thankfulness (Col. 2:6-7). Our thankfulness allows the walls to come down between us and God. We live in a world full of trouble, and our minds can easily become darkened by our circumstances. When we begin to remind ourselves of the Lord’s incredible blessings and speak them out in worship and praise to Him, it’s like switching on a light so we can see Him more clearly.

We make room for Him by our trust.

Honesty and trust are the most important things in any healthy relationship. My husband and I cannot have a lasting, satisfying marriage if we are never honest about our anger and frustrations. We cannot have intimacy and vulnerability if we do not trust each other. All of this takes work and practice, and it’s no different in our relationship with God. He is strong enough to handle our truth. He can be trusted (Prov. 29:25).

If you are hurt, tell Him you are hurt. If you are angry, even if you are angry with Him, be honest about your emotions and tell Him why you feel this way. Lay it all on the table and He will meet you with His truth and love, and then He will give you rest (Matt. 11:28). Whatever you are carrying, and we are all carrying something, ask Him for His help and He will meet you right where you are.

We make room for Him by our obedience.

The Bible tells us that if we love the Lord, we will do what He commands (John 14:15). He is not a distant Father, and He is not a harsh taskmaster. Even though what God asks of us may be difficult or challenging at times, His commands will always lead us into lasting freedom, abundant joy, and eternal purpose. God’s ways are better. If we love Him, then we will follow Him.

I read recently that one of the signs of spiritual maturity is the desire to be corrected by God. It is ultimately the desire to become everything God designed us to be so that we may DO all that He has planned for us to do (Eph. 2:10). In this way, we fulfill the calling of God on our lives for His eternal purposes. Usually this means allowing God to work through us so we can, in some way, use our gifts to help others come to Him.

Unity in the Body

One final thing I would like to add is this… we make room for God when we seek unity with our brothers and sisters in Christ. This is the purpose of everything the Father has done for us through Christ, and by His grace: that we might be one as Jesus and the Father are One. In this way, we become a lighthouse drawing all people into His love (Matt. 5:14-16)…

I have given them the glory You gave Me, so they may be one as We are one. I am in them and You are in Me. May they experience such perfect unity that the world will know that You sent me and that You love them as much as You love Me.

John 17:22-23

Jesus is calling us into deeper relationship with Him so that we may have unity in the body. Unity with our brothers and sisters in Christ will show the world just who God is. It will prove that Jesus was sent by God, and that God loves us ever so much more deeply than we can fathom. When we love each other, the world will know that God is real and we belong to Him.

Why is this important? We make room for God – in response to the infinite greatness of all He has done for us – when we care about what God cares about… PEOPLE. He makes room for US, so that ultimately, we will make room for OTHERS. He desires that none should perish, and that all would be set free in Christ. YOU can be a part of that, if you so desire.

Will you seek Him in a greater way today? He loves you deeply. More than you know.