He’s Knocking
January 5th, 2009Behold, 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 King James Version
Jesus is standing at the door of our hearts and knocking. He is waiting for us to open the door and let Him come in to be our personal Saviour. He is also knocking at the door of our hearts for us to surrender our lives to Him in full time service. He may not call us to go to a different country. He may not call us to be pastors, Sunday school teachers, missionaries, evangelists or in any leadership position. However, He calls all of us to serve Him full time by the way that we live and the things that we say.
We are to be a testimony to our families, our friends and to the world by showing them by our actions the difference that Jesus has made in our hearts and in our lives. What is coming out of our mouths? Is it the same hateful cruel criticizing and sarcastic remarks that we made before we were saved? If so, then we need to ask Jesus to forgive us and to wash our mouths out with His soap of correction.
Have you ever set an extra plate at the table for Jesus? Have you talked to Him and laughed with Him while you were eating? Jesus should be more real to us than our spouses, our children, our parents, our friends or anyone else. I don’t think that we have grasped in our hearts that Jesus is with us all the time. Why should we make Him stand and watch us while we are eating?
When we watch a movie on television, do we invite Him to sit by us and watch it with us or are we embarrassed and ashamed to let Him see what we are watching? If we are embarrassed and ashamed and don’t want Jesus to see what we are watching, we should not watch it! Do we have to hide the books and magazines that we are reading because they would offend Him and break His heart? What about our computers? Do we have to shut them off because we are looking at pornography? Let’s stop hurting Jesus and bringing shame and disgrace upon His precious name.
Has he knocked at the door of your heart for you to surrender your life to Him in full time service and you refused to open the door to Him? How we must break His heart when we don’t do what He asks us to do. After all that He has done for us, how can we do less than give Him all of our time and everything that we have? May God forgive us for refusing to open the door of our hearts to the One who gave His life for us on a cruel cross of horror and excruciating pain so that we may have our sins forgiven and live with Him for all eternity.
Copyright 2008 by Joanne Lowe, all rights reserved.
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