It's been four years since I was busy preparing for Hormone's wedding, and three since Rachel's. (How can this be? Time has flown by!) And one of the details that I stressed over more than others were the RSVPs, which is an acronym for the lovely French phrase: Répondez S'il Vous Plaît - Reply, If You Please. In order to have the right amount of food, decorations, table settings, etc...it was important to know how many guests were attending.
Including an RSVP is an elegant way of asking someone to either accept or decline your invitation, and in my case all I asked for was a simple email reply. Our Lord also has an RSVP - it's the Bible.
Verse after verse after verse is an invitation to secure eternal life, have peace, enjoy life, find guidance, be filled with joy, overflow with hope and healing... EVERYTHING we could possibly ever need or want has been provided graciously and abundantly by Christ. The only thing left for us to do is respond. Will we?
Will we say, "YES!" to the King of Kings and Lord of lords?
I could not force anyone to attend my kids' weddings; they had to come of their own free will. We must do the same with Christ. The invitation has been issued for whoever wants it; we just have to RSVP.
PRAYER: Dear Lord, We respond to Your goodness today and accept You into our lives. We thank You for doing so much for us because we need You every single day. We are grateful for your generosity and love. Today we especially respond to Your invitation to provide peace. You said that when we pray Your peace would guard our hearts. We receive it! In Jesus' name, AMEN.
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