Do you know my King?

Can you Hear Him Knocking?

 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 that person, and they

with me."

There are many famous renditions of this Bible

verse that artists have painted to illustrate this truth

of scripture.

Artists over the centuries have depicted this scene

so that we can visualize in our minds the beauty

of what God is telling us. All of the paintings capture

this picture of Jesus....who is our Lord, God, and

Savior....standing at the door — the door of every

man’s heart, waiting on us to invite Him into our

lives.

The paintings show Him knocking, waiting

patiently....waiting on an invite to begin a

relationship with us. What must be noted in the

paintings, that may not be obvious to see, is that

this is a one way door. There is no outside

doorknob to open the door to our heart that

Jesus can enter by. It must be opened from the

inside; each man, he and he alone must open

the door to his own heart. No one can open the

door for you.....including God. He has given us

the gift of free will to decide for ourselves. Jesus

is a gentleman. He does not force Himself upon

anyone. He waits for His invite....an invite ONLY

YOU CAN PROVIDE.

Invitation

So how do we invite God in? How do we ask the

Creator of all th​ings to come into the door of our

heart and remain with us for eternity?

There is only ONE WAY.

We ask....we confess......it is by FAITH!

ASK!

Matthew 7:7-8

Ask, Seek, Knock

7 “Ask and it will be given to you; seek and you will

find; knock and the door will be opened to you.

8 For everyone who asks receives; the one who

seeks finds; and to the one who knocks, the door

will be opened.

Just as Jesus is knocking on the outside of our

heart to enter in, we must ask, seek, and knock so

the door will be opened to Him.

CONFESS!

Romans 10:9-10

9 That if you confess with your mouth, ‘Jesus is

Lord,’ and believe in your heart that God raised him

from the dead, you will be saved. 10 For it is with

your heart that you believe and are justified,

and it is with your mouth that you confess and are

saved.

BY FAITH!

Ephesians 2:8

For it is by grace you have been saved, through

faith—and this is not from yourselves, it is the gift

of God —

Galatians 2:16

Know that a person is not justified by the works of

the law, but by faith in Jesus Christ. So we, too,

have put our faith in Christ Jesus that we may be

justified by faith in Christ and not by the works of

the law, because by the works of the law no one will

be justified.

I was once where you may be at right now. Jesus

was once standing at the door to my heart....

knocking.....waiting for His invite from me to let Him

in so He could begin a personal relationship with

me. He waited patiently, even protecting me from

death awaiting His invite. For five long years I was

given the gospel truth and I rejected it. I said in my

heart, “I still have time to make that invitation.” But

now I know....I was wrong.

The time is NOW!

2 Corinthians 6:2

For he says, “In the time of my favor I heard you,

and in the day of salvation I helped you.” I tell you,

now is the time of God’s favor, now is the day of

salvation.

God has been knocking at your door all of your days

even if you couldn't hear Him.....even choosing to

ignore Him.

He is knocking right now.......Can you hear Him?

I See Him! I See Him! God’s WORD to Witness By! 

Dedicated to my good friend and brother Rock, who shared with me that Revelation 3:20 was his favorite Bible verse. I wrote this for him. It was made into a book marker to inspire and to be used as a witnessing tool in prison by all my brothers in Christ that I met as a volunteer for KERYX Prison Ministries.

He is Waiting For You!