Who will you let in?

Two scenarios:

1. “Little Pig.  Little Pig! Let me in!”
2. (Sound of knocking on the door): “Hello?  Hello?  May I  come in?  Hello?  Please let Me come in.  Today I would like to spend time with you.  Today is the day I’m asking to have a relationship with you and you with Me.”

Now out of the two scenes, which one would you allow inside?  I’m sure you recognize the first demand from the children’s classic story, “The Three Little Pigs.”  The Wolf in the story, demands that each pig allows him access inside their homes to destroy them.  He’s able to get all but one.  That pig’s house and life was secured.  The second scene, if you didn’t catch on, is Jesus asking access into your heart.  He’s a gentleman so He won’t demand you to allow Him in.  It’s says in Revelation 3:20, “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.” ( KJV)  So, GOD stands and waits...and waits...and waits...hoping you’ll let Him in.  

So, you say, “Well, He’s suppose to know everything.  He should know when I’m ready to be saved.”  That may well be BUT remember this, GOD has also given us FREE WILL so He will not force Himself on us.  He wants us to come to Him freely.  He isn’t like the Wolf or I should call him, Satan, who demands that we follow him and let him inside to destroy our lives, yet, that’s what happens if you don’t accept Jesus’ offer.  In Psalm 95:7c - 8 it reads, “Today, if you will hear His voice, Do not harden your hearts, as in the rebellion…” (NKJV)   In Proverbs 1:24 - 33 it speaks of when GOD tries to give wisdom and it’s refused.  Then when the Foolish begins to seek help for the mess he/she’s in, that person will be turned away.  I’m not sure how long but how terrible to have to deal with your own messy decisions when you could have opened yourself to His wisdom.  

Sit back and reflect on where your life is going and where it has been since you’ve been blessed to enter this brand new year of 2015.  Take inventory.  Be honest with yourself about whether you’re happy with where you are.  Could it be better?  Are you sure about eternity in regards to where you’ll spend it because you will spend it somewhere.  Believe me, we’ll all come to the truth when this life on earth is over.  

Are you paying attention to the “knock” at your heart?  How can you tell it’s a “knock?”  It could come in the form of uneasiness.  Maybe condemnation.  Perhaps a lot of awesome things are happening to you and you know you don’t deserve it.  It could be unwarranted sadness or a “presence that someone is lurking around” but you aren’t afraid.  Whatever form it takes, I believe it’s Him.  It could be this blog.  

So, the knock is there.  Do you open it?  One thing is certain: there is a knock.  You have to make a choice.  The Gentle Man, Jesus.  “Come on in Jesus.”   The wolf, Satan, the Destroyer.   “Let me in!”  The choice is yours.  Even if you refuse to make one or feel you don’t have to because it’s “fictional” well, you’ve already made the choice.  Think about it...