Knocking at the door of your heart

Revelation 3:20 (CEV)

“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.” 

This verse is used by almost every gospel track or guidance for inviting people to accept Jesus Christ as their personal Savior and this is fine.  Yet the context of this verse is the apostle John recording the words of Jesus to the church in Laodicea.  This verse is speaking to Christians, albeit lukewarm Christians, not to unbelievers.  Many believe that the Laodicean church describes the 21^st century church because this church had wealth and power, but indifference towards love and obedience to Jesus.  Note in Rev 3:16 that Jesus rejects lukewarm followers (“I will spit you out of My mouth”) that is a warning to all believers today.  Think about this.     

Two main questions for you in light of the imagery of Jesus standing outside the door of your life, your heart and knocking? 

1.   Are you lukewarm about your faith?  Do you claim to be a believer, but know that you are not serving the Lord very much if at all?  Are there unconfessed, unrepentant sin(s) in your life that have you in bondage that make you unable or unwilling to serve and live the Christian life? 

2.   What are you doing to lead others to a relationship to Jesus?  The first thing you can do is simply invite them to come to church.  Jesus used both His voice (words) and His hands (action) to help and lead others.  You can do the same and, in fact, are commanded to do the same (Matt 28:18-20)

Jesus is standing and knocking at your door right now.  Note that the verse says “If you hear My voice….”.  This means that you need to hear or read God’s Word first, and then you need to respond.  So many do not.  If you hear His voice and take the next step to respond (open the door…….that is……be open to His Word and respond to his teaching), He will enter your heart and your mind and your life and become part of you.  He will then use you to influence and lead others to open the doors of their hearts and minds and lives too!