President Lyndon Johnson had just finished speaking in East Chicago, Indiana, and was walking to his car when a lady called from her porch inviting him in for a cup of coffee. Much to her surprise, he accepted and spent several minutes with her in her home. She was overwhelmed that the president would visit her, and she vowed never to wash the cup from which he sipped her coffee. Today, we read about God surprising a man with an unexpected visit.
Overwhelmed must have been the feeling of Abraham when God paid a personal call in his home. Abraham was so thrilled and excited that he exhausted every effort to treat his heavenly visitors royally. He did everything he could to make the heavenly visitors feel welcomed to his humble tent. It was a meeting that would forever change Abraham's life.
Today, because God gave His Son, we have the glorious privilege of entertaining Him always in our hearts. We can have daily communion and fellowship with Him and can feel his presence at all times. And, like Abraham, we can make Him feel at home by serving Him with all our hearts. We serve Him best by serving others. Jesus reminded us: Assuredly, I say to you, inasmuch as you did it to one of the least of these My brethren, you did it to Me (Matthew 25:40).
“And the Lord appeared unto him in the plains of Mamre: and he sat in the tent door in the heat of the day;”
Genesis 18:1 KJV
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