A famous painter painted a beautiful picture of Jesus knocking at a closed door. He showed it to his friends. They pointed out a defect in the painting. The door in the picture had no visible handle or latch to open it. The painter said, "The door has no handle outside. It can be opened only from the inside.
“Behold, I stand at the door, and knock: if any man...open the door, I will come in to him, and will sup with him...” So says our Lord through John the Revelator. The missionary, David Livingstone said, “Jesus Christ is a Gentleman; He will not enter where He is not invited.
Men and women who have had a real relationship, and sweet fellowship, with God, are those who have opened wide the doors of their lives to let this Divine Tenant in. Our text is not speaking to the unregenerate, but to His own—those He loves. We can understand the former shutting Him out of their lives, but not the latter.
There is only one doorknob, and it is on our side of the door. Therefore, if He is to gain entrance, it must be opened by us. Whenever this door of self-will is thrown open, He enters and sups with us. So it was with Abraham; it was so, also, with his disciples; and so it will be with us.
What’s so wonderful about Him coming to dinner?—the fact that He brings His own “groceries.” He fills our barren tables with an abundance of Heavenly supplies, such as grace, mercy, and peace, etc. Our testimony, after we have dined with Him is, “He satisfieth the longing soul and filleth the hungry soul with goodness.”
Some prefer to have dinner with the devil; I choose to dine with Deity~rds
by an Aged Saint
This is a beautiful post.