Here I am! I stand at the door and
knock. If anyone hears my voice
and opens the door, I will come in and
eat with him, and he with me.
Revelation 3:20
While at a restaurant, I decided to go to the restroom. As I
went to leave, the stall door, which had locked easily, was jammed and would
not open. I turned the latch many times, jiggled the door, pushed on the door,
but it would not open. I was trapped with no one to help!
After a brief time of being held captive, a waitress
entered. I called out, “I need help! This door won’t open!” Obviously, she was
familiar with the stubborn lock. She banged on the door, and it opened. Then
she said, “We need to put a warning sign on that door.” Really? How about
fixing the lock?
My predicament in the restroom has a spiritual parallel.
Before I came to know Jesus personally, I was trapped-- trapped in disbelief,
disobedience (sin) and death (Romans 3:23, 6:23). On my own I had no way of
escape.
However, Jesus knew my spiritual predicament, and He came to
my rescue. Knowing I could not come to Him, He came to me. He knocked on the
door of my heart and called out to me. He enabled me to recognize His voice, and He gave me faith to
believe that He would save me from sin and death. The door to my heart was
opened. The door to new, eternal life with God was opened. The door to
fellowship with God was opened.
Every person apart from Jesus is trapped in disobedience and
death with no way of escape. God, however, made a way of escape. For God so loved the world that He gave His one and
only Son, that whoever believes in Him shall not perish but have eternal life (John 3:16).
So where are you
today? Are you trapped in a life without God? Are you longing for someone to
set you free from sin and death? Are you longing for new life? Jesus is the
answer.
Do you hear it? He is standing at the
door of your heart, knocking. He is calling you. Will you open the door and let
Him in?
Jan Burkhart
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