Post by Don Gieseke on Oct 22, 2013 7:06:56 GMT -6
Jesus Is Knocking! by Ross Rhoads
"Behold, I stand at the door and knock. If anyone hears My voice and opens the door, I will come in to him and dine with him, and he with Me" (Revelation 3:20).
T.S. Elliott wrote that "hollow men" are those who hear the call and refuse to heed it. The Lord of the church is seeking to enter His church. He presents them with the choice, "Open up or shut me out."
And the consequences are clear. Jesus says, "I love you, rebuke and chasten you. Be zealous and repent" (cf. Revelation 3:19). Open the door now! Each of us has something we would not like the Lord to identify in our lives, but there is no barrier that His eyes cannot see. What is your closed door?
Jesus knows why there is no response to His knocking. Spoiled by their prosperity, believers are complacent and content. They feel they "have need for nothing." Jesus says they are "wretched, miserable, poor, blind and naked" (Revelation 3:17). Too much of everything resulted in the loss of the Lord's presence and fellowship. Could that be true of us today?
C.S. Lewis wrote, "There are only two kinds of people in the end: Those who say to God, 'Thy will be done,' and those to whom God says, in the end, 'thy will be done.'"
Are you letting Christ in?
Prayer
Lord, we know that apart from You, we are nothing. Open our eyes to any door we have closed to Your Spirit, and help us to see our need for the Savior every day. We pray in Jesus' name. Amen.
"Behold, I stand at the door and knock. If anyone hears My voice and opens the door, I will come in to him and dine with him, and he with Me" (Revelation 3:20).
T.S. Elliott wrote that "hollow men" are those who hear the call and refuse to heed it. The Lord of the church is seeking to enter His church. He presents them with the choice, "Open up or shut me out."
And the consequences are clear. Jesus says, "I love you, rebuke and chasten you. Be zealous and repent" (cf. Revelation 3:19). Open the door now! Each of us has something we would not like the Lord to identify in our lives, but there is no barrier that His eyes cannot see. What is your closed door?
Jesus knows why there is no response to His knocking. Spoiled by their prosperity, believers are complacent and content. They feel they "have need for nothing." Jesus says they are "wretched, miserable, poor, blind and naked" (Revelation 3:17). Too much of everything resulted in the loss of the Lord's presence and fellowship. Could that be true of us today?
C.S. Lewis wrote, "There are only two kinds of people in the end: Those who say to God, 'Thy will be done,' and those to whom God says, in the end, 'thy will be done.'"
Are you letting Christ in?
Prayer
Lord, we know that apart from You, we are nothing. Open our eyes to any door we have closed to Your Spirit, and help us to see our need for the Savior every day. We pray in Jesus' name. Amen.