In Northern Ontario there lived a man with his wife and family. Often he had come home late at night drunk. His keys were always lost, and his sorely tried wife had to get out of bed to let him in when he knocked at the door.
One cold winter night, when the temperature was below zero, he came home at a late hour very drunk. His wife, who was in bed, heard him knock, but being very tired, thought, "I will let him knock again," and she turned over in the warm bed and went soundly back to sleep.
At daybreak she awoke. She saw at once that he was not in the house. Then she recalled the knock she had heard at the door the night before. Catching up her robe, she ran downstairs, unlocked the front door, and was horrified to see her husband's body on the doorstep—frozen to death.
As she saw what had happened she wailed out in her grief, "I thought he would knock again!"
In this case, it was the person knocking who needed mercy, whereas in the case of God and man, the gracious One knocking is offering mercy. But will not the same words be the wail of many when they find out that the Lord Jesus has been knocking at their heart's door, and they have kept Him out until it is too late?
The Lord Jesus says, "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." Rev. 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).
Perhaps you have been conscious of the Lord Jesus knocking at your heart's door in one way and another, but you are still saying: "I think He will knock again."
"Give me just a little longer,
For the world looks now so bright.
When I feel that I am dying
I'll be saved—but not tonight."
Remember that His knocking may stop sooner than you expect. He says, "My Spirit shall not always strive with man."
Now, He waits to save you. He is not willing that any should perish. Listen to His knocking and receive Him now as your Savior, for any day now He may come and close the door of salvation. Then you too will wail as you find that God's people are gone and the door is shut: "I thought He would knock again."
Room for Jesus, Lord of glory!
Hasten now, His word obey.
Swing your heart's door widely open,
Let Him enter while you may.