There's Somebody at the Door!

May 2021

We have all heard it said, or said it ourselves - " drop by anytime, we would love to see you" or "call me and we will set up a time to get together" and it just never happens.  Maybe you don't really think they mean it, they are just being polite. After all, look where they live and I only rent a small apartment. While the person who lives in that nice place who would love to get to know you feels ignored, not relevant when they would love to bless you with their hospitality and their life experiences and just hang out.

I know that I have sometimes wondered what would have been different in my life if I had taken up some of those offers.  What would I have learned from other people's experiences and wisdom that may have saved me from learning the hard way.  And then there are those others whom I would have loved to help and give guidance to because I could see ahead of time the sadness they were heading into by doing those things that were not a good choice.

There is another person who knows exactly how that feels.  The Bible says in Revelation 3:20 “Look! I stand at the door and knock. If you hear my voice and open the door, I will come in, and we will share a meal together as friends.(NLT). Yes, Jesus wants to come and share his life and love and wisdom with us.  He wants a one on one relationship with all of us. He came to earth as a baby, and grew to manhood and showed by demonstration of his daily life, how much God our Heavenly Father loves us and wants the very best for us.  We read the story of Jesus in Matthew, Mark, Luke and John where we see Him welcome the children, heal the sick, challenge those who thought they had it all together, and lift up those who were down trodden.  He said that he came to the world to preach the message of good news to the poor in spirit, to announce pardon to prisoners and recovery of sight to the blind, to set the burdened and battered free and announce that it was God's time to act in the lives of his people. You can read that in Luke 4:18.

Jesus is waiting at the door of your life to bring good things to your life.  To release you from guilt and remorse and sickness and give you a hope for the future because God's plan for your life is to bless you and give you a future to live for.  But he always waits for you to open the door. God respects your right to say Yes or No. That's the way he designed it.

David and Cherie Rodway