Revelation 3:20, "Here I am! I stand at the door and knock. If anyone hears my voice and opens the door, I will come in and eat with him, and he with me."
As I sat reading this scripture at my church's Christmas Eve Eve service last night, I really thought about the "if's" of this passage. "If anyone hears my voice" and "If you open the door". Can you hear His voice? With the busyness of the Christmas time and all the things going on with school, at home, on the sports field, etc, can you hear Him? I came across a nice quote the other day,"Make time for the quiet moments as God whispers and the world is loud." I do not think it is ironic that Jesus came to earth not as a conquering king, but as a meek and quiet baby. Do you take time to escape from the world and just listen to His voice and read His word and bask in His glory? Also, will you open the door for Him? I once heard a story about the different rooms in our heart. It told about this person who was showing Jesus around the rooms of their heart and Jesus said to the person that he wanted to have their whole heart. Will you open the door of your heart to Him? It is up to you because he does not force His way in, instead he waits patiently for you. Can You hear Him calling out to you as he tries to get your attention and pull you away from the distractions of this world? This Christmas will it be different than the other ones? Will you appreciate the time spent with family more than the presents that will just waste away in closets as dust piles up on them in the years to come? Will you focus on the gift of baby Jesus and the love He shows us everyday by wanting a relationship with each and every one of us?
P.S. Sorry if you have already gone to service and this sounds exactly like it. I could not help, but write a post about it because I thought service was superb!
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