For this is he who was spoken of by the prophet Isaiah when he said,
“The voice of one crying in the wilderness:
‘Prepare the way of the Lord;
make his paths straight.’”
If you look just a verse earlier in Matthew, you read the message that John was specifically preaching,
“Repent, for the kingdom of heaven is at hand.”
To the church in Ephesus, Jesus commands them to repent, and do the works you did at first. They had left their first love. The remedy? Repentance. Repent and do the works you first did when I was your first love.
Repentance, I believe, prepares the way of the Lord in our hearts. Repentance prepares the way for the Kingdom in our lives. Jesus Himself started His ministry saying, “Repent, for the kingdom of heaven is at hand.”
If you are feeling distant from God today, repentance may be just the remedy. Been living in sin? Repent. Unforgiveness in your heart? Repent. Cold heart? Repent, as I have had to do recently.
And don't stop. Let's continue to repent.
Repentance seems to wonderfully re-align our hearts and minds with the will of God, and light a fire in our heart once again for Him.
Revelation 2:5 in the Amplified Bible says, Repent (change the inner man to meet God's will) and do the works you did previously [when first you knew the Lord]...
Let's re-align ourselves with His will today, let's repent of our sin, and prepare the way of the Lord in our hearts.
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