Listen! I am standing at the door, knocking; if you hear my voice and open the door, I will come in to you and eat with you, and you with me.
(Revelation 3.20 NRSV)
Best selling author, Stephen Covey, writes about the time he was a faculty member at the Marriott School of Management. One of the young executives asked him how he was doing in class. As they talked for a while Stephen Covey confronted him directly: "You didn't really come in to find out how you are doing in class," he said. You came in to find out how I think you are doing. You know how you are doing in the class far better than I do, don't you?"

The young executive answered that he knew how he was doing in class. He admitted that he was just trying to get by. He gave a host of reasons and excuses for cramming and taking short cuts. The young man had come in to see if it was working. Covey, reflecting on this incident, writes, "If people play roles and pretend long enough, giving in to their vanity and pride, they will gradually deceive themselves."

Such was the case of the religious officials in Jesus’ day. They had been using all the right words, going through all the right ceremonies. They had God on their lips, but not in their hearts. They had said "yes" to God, but He was not real to them.

Jesus is knocking on your heart’s door. Will you make him a real part of your life?

Dear Jesus, come on in and have a real impact on my life. Amen.

Ron Newhouse

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