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Will You Open the Door?, December 12
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.
Revelation 3:20
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Jesus says, “Behold, I stand at the door, and knock.” Will we let Him
in? He would not have us stand at this time, amid the perils of the last days,
in our own finite strength.... It is our privilege to walk in the sunshine of
His presence, and to weave into the characters we are forming the golden
threads of cheerfulness, gratitude, forbearance, and love. We may thus
show the power of divine grace, and reflect light from Heaven amid all
the frets and irritations that come to us day by day.... Then why do we go
stumbling along without light?
Every warning, reproof, and entreaty in the Word of God, or through
His delegated messengers, is a knock at the door of the heart; it is the
voice of Jesus, asking for entrance. With every knock unheeded, your
determination to open becomes weaker and weaker. If the voice of Jesus
is not heeded at once, it becomes confused in the mind with a multitude
of other voices, the world’s care and business engross the attention, and
conviction dies away. The heart becomes less impressible, and lapses
into a perilous unconsciousness of the shortness of time, and of the great
eternity beyond.
Many have so much rubbish piled up at the door of the heart that they
cannot admit Jesus. Some have difficulties between themselves and their
brethren to remove; others have evil tempers, pride, covetousness; with
others, love of the world bars the entrance. All this must be taken away,
before they can open the door and welcome the Saviour in.
How precious is the promise, “I will come in to him, and will sup with
him, and he with me.” Oh, the love, the wondrous love of God! After all
our lukewarmness and sins He says, Return unto Me, and I will return
unto thee, and will heal all thy backslidings.
Our work is to open the door of the heart and let Jesus come in. He is
knocking for entrance.... Will you open the door? Jesus is standing at the
door of your heart. Let Him in, the heavenly Guest.
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