(Note:
This
article
has been
written
by
Christopher
S. Esty
from The
Bible
Post,
and has
been
posted
here
with his
permission.
The
source
of this
article
can be
found
here:
http://www.thebiblepost.com/do-you-hear-him-knocking.)
“Behold,
I stand
at the
door and
knock.
If
anyone
hears My
voice
and
opens
the
door, I
will
come in
to him
and dine
with
him, and
he with
Me.”
(Revelation
3:20
NKJV)
How
would
you feel
if you
poured
your
whole
heart
and soul
into
serving
a just
cause
only to
be
rejected
and
criticized
by those
who
benefited
from
your
work?
I
imagine
that it
would
make you
feel
hurt.
Well,
that is
essentially
what had
happened
to
Jesus.
For the
Bible
tells us
that
“All
things
were
made
through
Him, and
without
Him
nothing
was made
that was
made.”
(John
1:3 NKJV)
Yet when
He came
to His
own “His
own did
not
receive
Him.”
(John
1:11
NKJV)
Instead,
they
accused
Him of
having
committed
all
kinds of
offenses
for
which He
wasn’t
guilty,
and
ultimately
crucified
Him
because
His life
was a
rebuke
to
theirs.
In other
words,
they
couldn’t
handle
the
truth,
so they
sought
to
silence
it
forever.
Is it
any
different
today?
Jesus is
knocking
on the
door of
our
hearts
because
He wants
to show
us the
same
truth
that He
endeavored
to
reveal
to those
who
crucified
Him long
ago.
Yet many
refuse
to let
Him in.
And the
irony of
it all
is that
many of
the
people
who are
guilty
of
rejecting
Him
falsely
assume
that
He’s
already
present
within
their
hearts.
But
their
hearts
are far
from
His.
For they
are cold
and
empty.
They
claim to
be
Christians,
but when
they
ought to
be busy
about
doing
the
righteous
works of
God
they’re
tearing
each
other to
shreds
over
minute
issues.
And some
even go
so far
as to
dig into
the
pockets
of the
poor and
needy in
order to
live a
comfortable
and
lavish
life.
Jesus
had said
that
“because
lawlessness
will
abound,
the love
of many
will
grow
cold.”
(Matthew
24:12
NKJV)
This is
precisely
what is
happening
today
and has
been
happening
for a
long
time
now.
Why do
we often
expect
God to
do
things
for us
that we
aren’t
willing
to do
for
others?
We want
God to
bless
us; yet
we
ignore
the
opportunities
that He
places
before
us to be
a
blessing
to
others.
We want
God to
forgive
us; yet
we
refuse
to let
go of
grudges
that we
have
against
those
who have
caused
us pain.
We want
God to
love us;
yet we
continue
to
foster
hateful
feelings
towards
those
who
stand in
the way
of our
pride.
We want
God to
make our
dreams
come
true;
yet we
rob
others
of their
dreams
in order
to
supply
our own
wants.
And we
want God
to save
us; yet
we stand
off in
the
distance
with our
mouths
shut
while
others
perish
without
knowing
Jesus.
It’s
time to
wake up
and stop
being so
wasteful
of the
time and
resources
that God
has
given us
to be a
light to
the
world.
We may
not be
able to
reach
everyone,
but we
certainly
can
reach
out to
those
who are
near and
pray for
those
who are
afar.
Don’t
waste
time
looking
to
fulfill
worldly
pursuits.
Instead,
pour
your
heart
and soul
into
everything
that you
touch,
making
the love
of Jesus
known
wherever
you go.
For
there is
no
better
pursuit
than to
seek
what God
wants
for you,
and no
greater
pleasure
than to
love
like
Him.
Listen!
Do you
here the
sound of
knocking?
Jesus is
at the
door…Will
you let
Him in?
by
Christopher
S. Esty
December
30, 2009
The
Bible
Post
http://www.thebiblepost.com/