Prepare Him Room

While Joy to the World is not my favorite Christmas hymn, there is one line in the lyrics that resonates deeply with me. Let every heart prepare him room...What does that mean for you and me as another holiday season approaches. How can we--as individuals, as a church body--prepare our hearts to receive, to celebrate Christ's coming?

• For Ezra had set his heart to study the Law of the LORD, and to do it and to teach his statutes and rules in Israel. - Ezra 7:10 ESV 
• For Ezra had prepared his heart to seek the law of the Lord, and to do it, and to teach in Israel statutes and judgments. Ezra 7:10 KJV 
• Now Ezra had determined in his heart to study the law of the Lord, obey it, and teach its statutes and ordinances in Israel. Ezra 7:10 HCSB 
• For Ezra had set his heart (resolved) to study and interpret the Law of the Lord, and to practice it and teach His statutes and ordinances in Israel. Ezra 7:10 AMP
• This was because Ezra had determined to study and obey the laws of the Lord and to become a Bible teacher, teaching those laws to the people of Israel. Ezra 7:10 Living
• For Ezra had devoted himself to the study and observance of the Law of the Lord, and to teaching its decrees and laws in Israel. Ezra 7:10 NIV

Set his heart. Prepared his heart. Determined in his heart. Resolved. Devoted himself. To study. To seek. To study and interpret. To observe. To obey. To practice. To do. To teach.
As the Christmas season approaches us may we all be like Ezra. #preparehimroom#prepareyourheart

© Becky Laney of Operation Actually Read Bible