Behold, I stand at the door and knock: if any man (or woman) hear my voice and opens the door, I will come in to him, and will sup with him, and he with me."
Revelation reminds us that Jesus wants to come into our lives. There are many reasons why Jesus wants into your life. I will want to deal with three. Jesus wants into our lives to save us. He wants to save us from our ultimate problem – sin. Jesus is always ready to forgive us for all of our sins and give us His cleansing. Jesus wants to come into our lives to make our lives better, to free us from guilt, and to free us from our self-defeat. This is actually a witness from my own experience with Jesus. It can be your witness as well. Invite Jesus in…. Jesus wants into our lives to use us. Jesus does not just save us to “join the church.” Church will be part of our lives, but we will have to live in the world as it is. Jesus wants to use us as His witnesses. This does not mean that we should just talk to people about Jesus, but we must first show people the spirit of Jesus by how we live. We cannot serve Jesus until we have invited Him into our lives, and until He has saved us. But when Jesus comes in, He gifts us with the Holy Spirit, who will lead and guide us in our choices in life. The Spirit gives us gifts of service. Jesus saved you to use you. Jesus wants into our lives to encourage us. This is not usually part of this discussion about the meaning of Revelation 3:20, but it is important to me. I do not mean to infer that Jesus is our “heavenly cheerleader.” Jesus actually wants us to enjoy life in this fallen world. After all, we are witnesses to this fallen world, and they need to see us enjoying life in Jesus. They do not need to see us as pompous self-righteous Pharisees, but as people whose lives have been made better by the entrance of Jesus into our lives. The fallen world needs to see the love of Jesus exuding from our lives. When we invite Jesus into our lives we are rewarded by His daily presence in our lives, we know that no matter what life may bring, we can live victoriously in Him and for Him. Jesus is knocking! Invite Him in! If you have done this, thank and praise Him and let Him use and encourage you. Bro. Joe
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