Baruch Haba/ Blessed Is He

The other day these scriptures rose in my spirit: “O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, you who kill the prophets and stone those sent to you, how often I have longed to gather your children together, as a hen gathers her chicks under her wings, but you were not willing. Look, your house is left to you desolate. For I tell you, you will not see me again until you say, ‘Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord.’” Matthew 23:37-39 This word is for everyone, not just for those dwelling in Jerusalem in Jesus' day. He is everywhere, in the marketplace, the highways and byways, standing with His arms wide open, beckoning, calling, longing for all people to come to Him, be gathered to Him, but most are asleep and unaware of the urgency, the critical importance and what is at stake. There is only one secure place, for us both now and in the age to come, and that's wrapped in His loving arms, staying under His wings, drawing so near that we can feel His heartbeat...the alternative is desolation. I describe desolation as a lonely barren place, far away from the presence of the Lord, where there is no peace, only torment. I have heard sermons on v.39, where it was preached that Jesus will not return on the earth until there is unity in the Church and we all proclaim together: "Blessed is He who comes in the name of the Lord", but before this can happen there must be an individual cry where we each proclaim this personally, and Jesus abides in us and we in Him. Today beloved, listen and call on Jesus alone. He is the antidote to desolation and emptiness, and the cure for our flawed humanity... BLESSED IS HE WHO COMES IN THE NAME OF THE LORD.