Psalms 84:5 AMP:… In whose heart are the highways to Zion. The highway is supposed to lead us to Zion. The way is to be prepared in the hearts of men: It is the more excellent way!ġCorinthians 12:31 KJV: But covet earnestly the best gifts: and yet shew I unto you a more excellent way.ġCorinthians 14:1 KJV: Follow after charity, and desire spiritual, but rather that ye may prophesy. The way/highway, however, is the way of divine love perfected in our hearts.
#Prepare ye the way of the lord free#
Help me to break down the walls of resistance and pride that would free me to have an attitude of repentance and change of heart. Won’t you invite Him in to do that today? How might you set a new course for your life? **ĭear Heavenly Father, in this first week of Lent, please shine Your light on my heart to reveal anything hidden that separates me from You.
Jesus still desires that we invite Him in to take control of our repentant hearts, and to allow Him to operate fully in our lives. It is like doing an about-face in our lives-to acknowledge that we have sinned, to turn away from our sin, and to set a new course for our lives. John also had a single message: “Repent!” A simple definition of what is means to repent is this: to recognize and have true regret for our behavior, to make a heart decision to turn from the way we are going and to go the opposite direction, the way that pleases God. It was meant to foster a favorable environment for Jesus’ arrival and to prepare the people ahead of time to receive Christ’s teachings that would ultimately and radically change their hearts and lives. “I am the voice of the one calling in the wilderness, ‘make straight the way of the Lord.’” (Jn 1:23) John’s life had a single vision: “Prepare!” “Prepare ye the way of the Lord” was his bold proclamation for the people to examine and open their hearts to the coming Messiah. John the Baptist, the cousin of Jesus, with his own radical, off-beat style, preached in the wilderness of Judea calling for people to repent of their sins. Even today when I hear the words, “Prepare ye the way of the Lord,” my mind automatically switches to the engaging melody from “Godspell.” Heal me, for I have sinned against you.’”įrom its introduction to Broadway audiences in 1971, to moviegoers nation-wide in 1973, a musical took the country by storm with its off-beat, somewhat radical contemporary take on the Gospel of Matthew. Lent, a Season of Hope: Preparing Our Hearts for Easter ~ Day 2
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