Listen! I stand at the door and knock; if any hear my voice and open the door, I will come into their house and eat with them, and they will eat with me.
Revelations 3:20
These words of Jesus are often used in evangelistic situations so that people might open their hearts to him as Saviour and Lord. However, they were actually addressed to the church at Laodicea; to Christians; to people who professed to have already trusted Jesus as their Saviour and Lord but had lost their initial enthusiasm, becoming ‘lukewarm’.
Think about that if you consider yourself to be a Christian. Has your faith become lukewarm? Has the door to your relationship with Jesus gradually blown shut in the draft of all your comings and goings? Are you so occupied with doing your own thing that you no longer have time to ‘eat’ with Jesus? Has something happened that you’re blaming God for, and so you’ve slammed the door to him?
The invitation to open your life to Jesus is for anyone who hears his voice. Is that you? Is he knocking on the door of your life? There’s no need to fear opening your life to him, whether opening it for the very first time or opening it again so that fellowship can be restored between you and him. Jesus’ words are full of wonderful promise, but to benefit from them we must respond to his voice, acknowledge his knock, and welcome him in. Listen. Do you hear him?
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