“DADDY, what does it mean to have Jesus knocking on the door of your heart?”
The question was asked by a very little girl named Mary as she and her father walked home from Sunday school.
The children had read together the well known words of the Lord Jesus, “Behold I stand at the door and knock.” Then the teacher had explained that every heart had a door with a lock on the inside—while Jesus waited on the outside, knocking and waiting to be invited in.
But to Mary, it still remained a mystery, so she inquired further of her father. To her earnest question he replied, “Mary, one day you will hear Jesus knocking on the door of your heart. When you do, just open the door and ask Him to come in.”
Nothing more was said about it and in the evening Mary was put to bed as usual. But not to sleep!
During the night her father and mother were awakened by the sounds of someone moving about the house.
They listened as soft footsteps made their way along the dark hall and up to their bedside. A little hand touched Father on the face just as he reached up and switched on the light.
Guess who? It was Mary.
“Why aren’t you asleep, Mary?” exclaimed her father and mother together. “We put you to bed hours ago! What’s the matter?”
“Oh,” she whispered joyfully, “after you tucked me in I couldn’t get to sleep. And in the night Jesus came and knocked on the door of my heart. So I just opened the door and said: “Come on in Lord Jesus! and He has come in. I just had to tell you about it before I go to sleep.”
Memory Verse: “BEHOLD, I STAND AT THE DOOR, AND KNOCK: IF ANY MAN HEAR MY VOICE, AND OPEN THE DOOR, I WILL COME IN TO HIM, AND WILL SUP WITH HIM, AND HE WITH ME.” Revelation 3:2020Behold, I stand at the door, and knock: if any man hear my voice, and open the door, I will come in to him, and will sup with him, and he with me. (Revelation 3:20)
ML-10/14/1973