Some years ago I visited a fisherman who was in deep exercise as to his soul's salvation.
"Alas!" he said, "I am lost! There is no grace for me. I did not open my heart when the Savior stood before its door, knocking. Now He has gone away.”
The man had neglected to fully decide for Christ when others were accepting Him as their own Savior, and since then he had been in fear and sorrow, constantly saying: "I have not opened unto Him when He knocked, and now He has gone away.”
"What you are saying is not so," I responded, "for if you would but open unto Him now, you would find Him still standing there, waiting, for it is still the day of salvation.”
With these words I left him, bidding him farewell. He looked at me fixedly, but said nothing. The next day the man came up to me with a face beaming with joy, saying:
"O, sir, you were right. When I opened unto Him, then I found Jesus standing there, still waiting. Now I have received Him and He is my Savior and Lord, and I am happy and at rest.”
This man is still a happy Christian, walking with the other believers of the village in the narrow path of life which leads to eternal glory.
Behold the Savior at the door!
He gently knocks—has knocked before;
Has waited long—is waiting still;
You use no other friend so ill.
Admit Him ere His anger burn,
Lest He depart and ne'er return;
Admit Him, or the hour's at hand
When at His door denied you stand.
Admit Him, for the human breast
Ne'er entertained so kind a guest;
No mortal tongue their joys can tell,
With whom He condescends to dwell.
Open the door, He'll enter in,
And sup with you and you with Him.
"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).