Suppose that Christ sent you word that He would be coming for dinner at your house; how would
you get ready? What guests would you invite? What food would you prepare? How would you
conduct the meal? What would you talk about? Is this not thought provoking? Let us think of some
of the places where the Lord Jesus was found in the days of His goings in and out on earth.

In John 12 we read of Jesus coming to Bethany where they made Him a supper. Martha served
without a murmur. Lazarus was one of those sitting at the table with Him. Mary, with a full heart
of love and thankfulness poured her box of ointment_"very precious"_upon His feet, and so the
house was filled with the odor of that choice perfume.

At another time the Lord Himself was the Host at an open air meal on the shore of Galilee (John
21). Tired fishermen came ashore and discovered that a meal had been provided for them. How
simple its character! Fish broiling on a fire of coals, and bread. When they had dined, the Lord
Jesus conversed with Peter and commissioned him to care for the lambs and sheep of the flock of
God. Christ was here the perfect Host, as He had been the perfect Guest at Bethany’s lowly home.

Now if Christ came to dinner with us, if He asked Himself as a guest into our home, would
changes be made in the ordering of the house? Would the books and pictures be sorted over and
some of them discarded? Would there be lavish display? Would there be provision for fleshly
indulgence? Would some shame fill our hearts that this or that had been allowed which His
presence would manifest as unfit for us as partakers of a high and holy calling?

Let us be honest with ourselves:would we be free to open every room in our home to Him? And
let us ask ourselves another question:Have we every room in the house of our heart open to Him?
From attic to basement is the door open to each and every part that the Lord may enter? "Know
ye not that your body is the temple of the Holy Ghost?" (1 Cor. 6:19).

May we seek that our appearance, our manner, our homes, our business may be in accordance
with the desires of our Lord for us in every particular, that every room may be for Him in our
hearts and in our homes.

If Christ invited Himself to dinner in your home, would He be really welcomed today, and to
stay?