Good morning…
“Listen! I am standing and knocking at your door. If you hear my voice and open the door, I will come in and we will eat together,” whispers Jesus in Revelation 3:20 (CEV).
Listen.
Hear.
Open.
“Come in.”
We will eat together.
“I am reminded me of what The Reverend John Stott had to say about the impact Revelation 3:20 had on him as a young man,” shared one reader.
“Here, then, is the crucial question which we have been leading up to. Have we ever opened our door to Christ? Have we ever invited him in? This was exactly the question which I needed to have put to me. For, intellectually speaking, I had believed in Jesus all my life, on the other side of the door. I had regularly struggled to say my prayers through the keyhole. I had even pushed pennies under the door in a vain attempt to pacify him. I had been baptized, yes, and confirmed as well. I went to church, read my Bible, had high ideals, and tried to be good and do good. But all the time, often without realizing it, I was holding Christ at arm’s length, and keeping him outside. I knew that to open the door might have momentous consequences. I am profoundly grateful to him for enabling me to open the door. Looking back now over more than 50 years, I realize that that simple step has changed the entire direction, course and quality of my life.”
If you hear the voice of Christ, might you also open the door?
My own experience echos John’s story. Listening, hearing, opening the door of my heart to Christ, that simple step has changed the entire direction, course and quality of my life. For He is our God and we are His people, the flock of His pasture, His sheep protected and nurtured by His hand.
Today, if He speaks, hear His voice. “Don’t harden your hearts…” (Psalm 95:7-8a, VOICE).
…Sue…
P.S. Just one short week away, we are offering a final invitation to our Awake To Wholeness Women’s Retreat. Kitty Crenshaw, co-author of The Hidden Life Awakened, extends to us God’s invitation today.
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