Knock, Knock!

Knock, Knock!

Behold, I stand at the door, and knock: if any man hear my voice, and open the door, I will come in to him, and will sup with him, and he with me. Revelation 3:20 KJV

Today's extract is usually quoted to people who are coming to Christ as Saviour for the first time. We quote this verse, telling them that Jesus knocks on the door of their hearts and wants to come in. This is very true; but it is also true that this verse was part of a letter actually sent to the church on Laodicea. It was not written to unbelievers, but to people who were once saved and at least knew the truth. Where do I stand: have I met this Christ, or have I become so familiar with Him that I do not know that I have locked him out of my life? Do I need to invite Him into my heart for the first time? Wherever position I am in now, I have either a decision to make or a position to maintain. It is to respond to the call of Jesus on my life. 

Jesus knocks. Pause and think of this: the Lord of all the earth, the Mighty God of Israel, the Creator of all that is seen and unseen, the One called the Lord God Almighty who can level mountains, stands at the door of the human heart, also created by Him, and knocks. He will not break down the door or force his way in; he wants me to respond to Him out of love and freewill. He is a benevolent dictator who brings me the power to reject or choose Him. That is great power, but with grave responsibility too. I get to choose the response but I have no power over the consequences. I cannot turn around and blame God for the consequences of my own decision, taken of my own freewill. 

The consequences for opening the door are laid out in today's extract. He will come in, sit with me, eat with me, and I with him. There is resource sharing with deep fellowship. There is access to all that Jesus is and gives. Eating with Jesus shows intimate fellowship, which is a foretaste of what is to come, at the marriage supper of the Lamb. Of course, the opposite is equally true. If I lock him out, he will stay out but I cannot blame him if things don't go according to plan. He can only protect that which is entrusted into His hands. Is my life in His hands? Is yours? God's time of favour is here.