“Bringing God to dinner”

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. Revelation 3:20

Verse reflections:  He is knocking.  We have to be quiet enough to hear the knock.  We have to spend enough time with Him to recognize His voice.  Then we have to be obedient enough to open the door.  All of those things being done, He will come into our lives and eat with us.  Wow!!  If Christ is here eating with us, I know we will want to serve Him the foods He created.  We will want to show off our culinary talents but make sure we are eating foods He will approve of.  I think it is intimidating to think that He won’t come eat with us until after we hear the knock, until after we hear His voice.  That puts a lot of responsibility on us to be quiet enough, still enough to stay in touch with Him.  This time we are spending right now reading His word and putting His words in perspective for our struggles is allowing us that privilege.  God is good.  He gives us the solutions to our problems but we do have to give Him that power.  He is knocking.  YOU have to go to the door.  YOU have to open the door.  YOU have to hear His voice.  Then YOU have to invite Him in for dinner.  I think back fondly to having company when I was growing up.  Many times, we would not invite people over to eat with us until we cleaned the house.   Grace allows us to invite God over now, just as we are.   We can sit down with God and eat even when we are not perfect, even when our house is not as clean as we want it to be.  In fact, Christ is the best company of all.  He will help us clean our house after He comes in.  I like that thought a lot.  He’s already had breakfast with me today.  I’m looking forward to lunch and dinner with my best friend who I am inviting inside.

Prayer:  Father, I hear Your voice through Your word.  I thank You that You have given us this gift of power.  I love having You close by my side.  I sometimes forget that I have to act.  I often think of You as the one who will come to me.  I forget that You never move.  It is me that moves.  I get too busy to hear Your voice.  I get too self-oriented and busy with my own tasks to simply walk over to You and open the door(s) that separate me from You.  A simple door and yet a huge chasm between me and Your power.  God, thank You for this verse that reminds me of my own responsibilities to You.  You have the power and yet, You have given us access to this power through a few simple steps.  All I have to do is stop my life long enough to come to You.  I do hear Your voice this morning.  I am walking over to the door to let You in even as I pray.  Thank You Father for this beautiful, amazing privilege of dining with You.  I will invite You into my body, Your temple, Your home to dine with me today.  Let’s have fun eating Your pure, amazingly delicious foods together.