Gospel Reflections #864: Jesus respects our free will.

Revelation 3:20 "Behold, I stand at the door and knock. If anyone hears My voice and opens the door, I will come in to him and dine with him, and he with Me."

Jesus is always standing at the door of our hearts.

Jesus does not force His way in.

Because Jesus respects our free will.

And Jesus patiently waits until we open the door.

When we face difficulties, we sometimes wish Jesus would just come in and help us, but that's because we desire not Jesus Himself, but only His power and miracles.

When Jesus says He will dine with us, it means He desires to converse with us, to fellowship with us, to get to know each other, and to build a relationship of trust.

We may desire to seek Jesus, yet perhaps we are not conscious of building that relationship of trust with Him.

Yet, the more we come to know Jesus, the more we desire to engage with Him, to be heard by Him, and to speak with Him.

Let us choose to experience His presence abundantly in our ordinary daily lives and ask God for this.

For Jesus has been knocking on the door of our hearts all along.

AUTHOR'S BIO: This Gospel Reflections page is written by Masae San, who resides in Hiroshima, Japan. Masae is a dedicated student of the Bible with a deep passion for the Gospel of Jesus Christ. She shares her daily reflections on Gospel perspectives to reach out to others and spread the message of God's true love through a Christ-centered approach. We are sharing her insights here so that you, too, can experience the joy that comes from knowing and understanding the true Gospel and the love of God through Jesus Christ.