My heart, Christ's home.

Recently, a friend shared with me an excerpt from the book, "My Heart, Christ's Home" by Robert Munger.  I won't bore you with all four pages, however, I will give you an overview:

As we accept Christ into our heart, we are inviting Him into our home.  The man in the story says:  "Lord, I want this heart of mine to be Yours.  I want to have You settle down here and be perfectly at home.  Everything belongs to You.  Let me show You around."  Throughout the rest of the excerpt, Munger gives analogies of different rooms that are generally found in a home, representing parts of our mind.  The last analogy he gives is the hall closet, representing all of the trash in our lives that we attempt to hide from God.  The crazy part is, even though the closet was rotting, God asked the man for the key.  The man explains to God that he does not have the strength to clean the closet out himself.  God replies, "Just give me the key.  Authorize me to take care of that closet and I will." After God cleaned out the mans closet, he felt an overwhelming sense of relief.


The last paragraph of the excerpt is a request the man asks of God:

"A thought came to me, 'Lord, is there any chance that You would take over the management of the whole house and operate it for me as You did that closet?  Would you take the responsibility to keep my life what it ought to be?'

His face lit up as he replied, 'I'd love to!  That is what I want to do.  You cannot be a victorious Christian in your own strength.  Let me do it through you and for you.  That is the way.  But,' He added slowly, 'I am just a guest.  I had no authority to proceed, since the property is not mine.'

Dropping to my knees, I said, 'Lord, You have been a guest and I have been the host.  From now on I am going to be the servant.  You are going to be the owner and the Master.'

Running as fast as I could to the strongbox, I took out the title deed to the house describing its assets and liabilities, location and situation.  I eagerly signed the house over to Him alone for time and eternity.  'Here,' I said.  'Here it is, all that I am and have, forever.  Now You run the house.  I'll just remain with You as a servant and friend.'"


In this last paragraph, the part that sticks out to me the most is God's response to the mans request for Him to manage his entire home.  He says that He would love to and that is what He wants to do.  The fact that God desires to be a part of my messed up life, let alone manage it continues to amaze me every day.