PLEASE LET HIM IN

“Behold, I stand at the door, and knock: if any man hear my voice, and open the door, I will come in to him, and will sup with him, and he with me.”

Revelation 3:20

King James Version

Pastor Johnson Oatman, Jr. wrote the hymn “Hear Him Knocking”.  These words bring tears to my eyes.  “A hand all bruised and bleeding Is knocking at the door, Is knocking at the door of your heart; It is the hand of Jesus, Who long has knocked before, Though oft you have told Him to depart.”

For some of you, Jesus has been knocking at the door of your heart for years and you have refused to let Him come into your heart.  Please let Him come in to your heart.  Don’t keep Him standing at the door of your heart any longer.  He died for your sins on the cross so you can be saved.  Please don’t keep rejecting Him.

Not only does He knock to come into our heart, He also calls us to serve Him.  “Also I heard the voice of the Lord, saying, Whom shall I send, and who will go for us? Then said I, Here am I; send me” (Isaiah 6:8).  Jesus is calling every one of us to serve Him.  Have you answered His call to you?  He may not call us to go to another country but He calls every one of us to serve Him right where we are.

Mary Brown wrote the beautiful hymn “I’ll Go Where You Want Me to Go”.  “It may not be on the mountain’s height, Or over the stormy sea; It may not be at the battle’s front My Lord will have need of me; But if by a still, small voice He calls To paths I do not know, I’ll answer, dear Lord, with my hand in Thine, I’ll go where You want me to go.”

Have you told Jesus that you will go where He wants you to go?  We don’t have to go to another country to serve Jesus.  We can serve Him right where we live.  There are people who desperately need to be encouraged and know that someone cares.  When is the last time you hugged someone for Jesus?  You may not be comfortable hugging someone but you can hug them with your words.

We read in the Bible.  “They helped every one his neighbour; and every one said to his brother, Be of good courage. So the carpenter encouraged the goldsmith, and he that smootheth with the hammer him that smote the anvil, saying, It is ready for the sodering: and he fastened it with nails, that it should not be moved” (Isaiah 41:6,7).

Have you encouraged someone today?  Remember, when we are kind and loving to people, we are being kind and loving to Jesus and when we are not kind and loving to people, we are not kind and loving to Jesus.  We read in the Bible.  “And the King shall answer and say unto them, Verily I say unto you, Inasmuch as ye have done it unto one of the least of these my brethren, ye have done it unto me” (Matthew 25:40).

Have you made Jesus happy today?  He loves you so much He died for you.  Answer the call of Jesus today and be an encourager knowing when you are loving people and encouraging them you are also loving Jesus and encouraging Him.  If ever someone deserves to be happy, it is Jesus, the “KING OF KINGS AND LORD OF LORDS”.  Please join me in praising the One Who loves you so much He died for you.

Heavenly Father, I pray for all who are lonely, discouraged, suicidal and hurting.  Please comfort and encourage them as You have done for me so many times.  Help us to encourage one another because it makes Jesus happy when we encourage each other.  In Jesus’ Name, I pray.  Amen.

Joanne Lowe

June 23, 2019