How should one respond to the voice calling in the wildernesses to “make our paths straight”? When John the Baptist originally spoke these words, many people chose to repent and be baptised so that their hearts would be ready to meet their Lord, Saviour and King! Despite having been commanded by Jesus Himself to make our paths straight so that we might be found faithful and wise upon His return, to our shame our response has been an occasional “hot flash” of drawing close to Him but for the most part has been an attitude of indifference! It is not that Christians today don’t want a close personal relationship with their Savior, they certainly do, but living in a world where change and fast pace seem to be the only constants, they have inadvertently made self rather than Christ the ruler of their hearts! This sermon is about hearing the voice calling in the wildernesses of our hearts to embrace the only change that matters, to become more like Jesus!