Two weeks ago I scheduled the installation of new garage doors at my home. When making the appointment I was told the installer likes to start early and that I should expect him around 7 O'clock in the morning. This morning I waited for a knock at my door and I wasn't disappointed. Just as I was told he came early prepared to fulfill the requirements of our agreement. This morning reminds me of another agreement I made. I gave my life to Jesus and embraced His promise to come into my life with the expectation of becoming a changed person. I am not always ready for the changes He wants to make. He does not ask what I would like to work on today. He just said, "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." (Rev. 3:20 KJV) His uses of the word behold and calling attention to His presence doesn't allow me to mistake Him for someone else. When He presents Himself the opportunity for change has come. I am obligated by the agreement to accept the conditions that will produce His righteousness in me.
I have to be available to hear then willing to respond before we can begin to have fellowship. Hearing is easy. Responding is the challenge. The words let go and let God sound so cliche', but they are just what I need to open the door of my heart to the new challenges of relationship with Christ.
Communication begins with a simple act of obedience. Just open the door. An opening in the heart is needed to establish trust and security with the Lord of Lords and King of Kings. There have been times in the past when I would receive a knock at my door then look out the window. Once I have identified the visitor I ignore future knocks. I sometimes even hear them coming and ignore the fact I ever heard a sound.
Announcements are being made. Christ said, "Because thou hast kept the word of my patience, I also will keep thee from the hour of temptation, which shall come upon all the world, to try them that dwell upon the earth. Behold, I come quickly: hold that fast which thou hast, that no man take thy crown. Him that overcometh will I make a pillar in the temple of my God, and he shall go no more out: and I will write upon him the name of my God, and the name of the city of my God, which is new Jerusalem, which cometh down out of heaven from my God: and I will write upon him my new name."(Rev. 3:10-12 KJV) There is a knocking at the door. The events of this present age are a clear indication of a request for deeper relationship. I intend to stop ignoring the sound of God's word. How about you?
Thank you for listening.
