Who is Knocking at Your Door?

Behold, I stand at the door and knock; if anyone hears My voice and opens the door, I will come in to him and will dine with him, and he with Me.
Revelation 3:20 (NASB1995)

As I was preparing for a recent Bible study, today’s familiar verse was before me; it is one of my earlier favourite verses of my walk with God. As a young man, I heard it used often in personal evangelism or even from the pulpit. Indeed, it is one of these verses where evangelists can insert the name of a seeker to get the message of Jesus’ love through to the individual at the personal level.

“Behold, I stand at the door and knock; if ______ hears My voice and opens the door, I will come in to ______ and will dine with ______, and he/she with Me.” [insert your name]

What interested me about the verse in recent days was the context it was found in; within the letter to the church at Laodicea – it is a verse addressed to a church rather than a single person. Christ was on the outside of the Laodicean church knocking on the door, and if just one person opened the door for Him, He would enter to be with them. At the risk of repeating myself from my past writings, this applies to churches today – there are many where Christ and the Word of God are outside in the cold seeking entry. This does not mean that it can’t apply to individual people; Christ seeks both the church and each person – He seeks to welcome into Heaven any who will open the door and listen to Him.

Dear Reader, have you invited Christ in to dine with you? Do you know Him personally, as your Lord and Saviour? The choice is completely yours to make; it is an open invitation. There is a famous painting by William Holman Hunt in the 1850s, which portrays Christ knocking on a long closed door. On closer inspection, you will see that there is no door handle on the outside; the door can only be opened from inside. That is the case with Christ, the church, and the individual – He waits to be invited in.

This is an updated edition of a post originally published on Devotional Treasures

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