CLEAR THE ROAD

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Isaiah 40: 3 – 5


3 A voice of one calling: "In the desert prepare the way for the LORD; make straight in the wilderness a highway for our God.
4 Every valley shall be raised up, every mountain and hill made low; the rough ground shall become level, the rugged places a plain.
5 And the glory of the LORD will be revealed, and all mankind together will see it. For the mouth of the LORD has spoken."

This may sound odd, but when going on vacation, I love to drive. Put me behind the wheel and I will start eating up miles and looking at the changing scenery, until I get too tired to go on.
One of the best things about driving in this country is that we have an interstate highway system that is the best in the world.
When General Eisenhower came back to this country after W.W.II, he commissioned the building of the highways. This one act of engineering, made moving from coast to coast pretty simple. Mountains were leveled or tunneled through, valleys were crossed with bridges, and roads were straightened.
This was done to make it easy for the military to move large amounts of men and material anywhere easily for the defense of our nation.
I'm not here to write a travelogue or let out my secret desires. I hope that I am using barely veiled metaphor about scripture. As a nation, we did all the things called for in preparing the way of the Lord. But for different reasons.
The Bible tells us that we are to prepare the way for the Lord. This means that we are to make ready a place in our hearts for the presence of Jesus in our lives.

What needs to be done to give Jesus an all access pass to your heart?
Are there rough patches caused by bitterness in you that need to be bulldozed with forgiveness?
Do you have valleys of doubt that need to be filled with contentment?

Spiritual engineering is no easy feat. As I once read; “Salvation ain't for wimps”.
Building the highway system took decades, and I know that it seems like an impossible act to make access to our hearts, but we can't afford to neglect our salvation.

Prepare the way for the King.