Open Doors

I grew up in a old farmhouse.  We didn't use the front door very often because it was easier to come in the side door and enter the kitchen.  The screen door had a wooden frame but it was mostly screen and it had a long spring so it would slam shut.  It was pretty easy to tell when someone came in or went outside, especially in the summer.

The front door was also wooden but it had a glass window with a pretty frosted picture in it.  It was amazing it was never broken because across from the door was the staircase and like most kids I would jump the last several stairs and use the door to keep from falling.  I am the youngest of five kids so I was not the first to jump the stairs and hit the door. 

There are so many different kinds of doors. Dutch doors, French doors, pocket doors, sliding glass doors, revolving doors and automatic doors.  Automatic doors are neat and over the years have changed from opening when you stepped on a special mat to using an electronic eye when you walk near.  It has been made pretty easy to gain entrance into a place that has an automatic door. 

There is one door that isn't automatic, you need to open it yourself.  Jesus said, "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

Jesus is knocking.  He wants you to answer the door and accept His gift of forgiveness.  He wants to be your Lord and Savior.  It's not an automatic door, you need to answer and invite Him into your life. 

The following hymn was written by Fannie Crosby.  She lived from 1820 to 1915 and was blind from the age of 6 weeks, but that didn't keep her from writing over 8,000 hymns.

Behold Me Standing at the Door

Behold me standing at the door,
and hear me pleading evermore,
with gentle voice: O heart of sin,
may I come in? May I come in?

Refrain:
Behold me standing at the door,
and hear me pleading evermore:
say, weary heart, oppressed with sin,
may I come in? May I come in?

I bore the cruel thorns for thee,
I waited long and patiently:
say, weary heart, oppressed with sin,
may I come in? May I come in? Refrain

I would not plead with thee in vain;
remember all my grief and pain!
I died to ransom thee from sin,
may I come in? May I come in? Refrain

I bring thee joy from heaven above,
I bring thee pardon, peace, and love:
say, weary heart, oppressed with sin,
may I come in? May I come in? Refrain

Will you answer the door?  Will you let Jesus in?  It's not an automatic door you need to open it yourself and let Him in.  I pray you will.