He’s Never Just A Door

Scriptures: “I am the gate; whoever enters through me will be saved. He will come in and go out, and find pasture.” (John 10:9)

Yesterday, I went for an endoscopy. While I was in the waiting room, the nurse gave me a magazine to read, Architectural Digest, the latest one. For some reason, they left me in that waiting room for quite some time, must had been at least 30 to 40 minutes. So, having nothing else to do, I flipped through the pages and saw a lot of award winning houses.

But, of all the pages I flipped through, there was one advertisement that caught my attention. It was an advertisement of doors of which the wording was more than interesting: “It’s never just a door. It’s an invitation, a transformation, a chance to make design perfect.” This wording immediately reminded me of our Lord Jesus.

For one, He is not just a door. He is the only door through whom we can come to our heavenly Father; the only door through whom we may be saved; the only door through whom we find pasture and abundant lives. No, He is not just a door or any door, He is the door that holds the access to all heavenly blessings God has in store for us.

He is also an invitation sent by our heavenly Father to all human beings to come back to Him by turning away from sins. He came with one thing in mind, and one thing only, i.e. to give all the opportunity to be reconciled to the Father. For this invitation, He “made Himself nothing, taking the vary nature of a servant, being made in human likeness. And being found in appearances as man, He humbled Himself and becamse obedient to death, even death on a cross!” (Philippians 2:7-8) If we think about it, God did not send just any servant of His to deliver the invitation, He Himself came to be the invitation and personally deliver the invitation. What an honor it is for us to receive this invitation! I don’t think we will ever find a greater sincerity anywhere for an invitation for eternal fellowship and blessings and I wonder why we hesitate in our response to His invitation and callings.

Not only did the invitation come with Him, the power to transform our lives came along, too. The love of God prompts Him to accept us just the way we are. But, it doesn’t stop there. It brings Him great pleasure to see us grow in His grace and truth. He wants to build and strength that new life He has given us so we can grow to be just like our Lord Jesus, heavenly minded with divine wisdom and filled with the amazing agape love to serve and to witness. When we are like Jesus, our Lord and Savior, the design of God in each of us is made perfect. Wow! Who are we to deserve all these blessings?

I can’t help wondering, if all of these are true, what’s stopping us from stepping out in faith to respond to His calling? What’s stopping people around us from accepting His invitation? Could it be us? Our old worldly mindset? Our past broken and hurting relationship? Will we open up ourselves to God so He may work inside us and cleanse us for His glory? Will we open up ourselves to people around us so they may see God and His amazing work and grace in our lives, the everything they yearn for?

As Paul prayed, “I pray that out of His glorious riches He may strengthen you with power through His Spirit in your inner being, so that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith. And I pray that you, being rooted and established in love, may have power, together with all the saints, to grasp how wide and long and high and deep is the love of Christ…” (Ephesians 3:16-18)

Prayer Requests:
Our thankfulness and responsiveness

Prayer:
Father God, we know you are able to do immeasurably more than all we ask or imagine, so we boldly ask that You continue to move and empower us in our homes, our church, our ministries and in every aspect of our lives so You may be glorified in Christ Jesus throughout all generations, for ever and ever!, Amen!