With house prices plummeting, there’s a lot of real estate available out there these days. Savvy buyers have their eyes open looking to snap up cheaper homes. But buyers in the know are looking for properties that have resilient value. And in California one type of property often wins this race. The beachfront home. This is what the experienced buyer is looking for.

With all this going on, I felt reminded by the Lord a few days ago, that the real estate He is really interested in, is my heart. Often I think, I appear to him, like a desperate realator, trying to pitch him real estate that both He and I know is worthless. I try my best to convince myself and God, that what He’s really interested in is other people’s opinions of me. Or perhaps the promises I bring to Him. Or even the rituals I offer him - especially the ‘holy’ looking ones. I try sell him the activities and actions that seem like they must come from a holy heart. But He’s both smarter and kinder than that. He’s looking beyond all these ‘properties’ for the one thing He is really interested in, the one thing he’s made for eternity. Beyond our offerings of holiness, our attempts at pleasing him, the Lord is after our affection, our love, our dreams, our worship. And of course, what distinguishes Him from many of the people we will meet in this life, is the fact that He really is more interested in our hearts than anything we could do for Him. This is the real estate He’s interested in, and for me, it is often the hardest one to let go of. But He’s quite clear that He’s not really up for subletting, or renting, or even subdividing. He wants our whole heart. And the reward in letting Him have it, of course, is seeing what He does with the place…!!

May God bless you as you offer up your life and your heart to the one who made it. Amen.