“Let me in.”

How many times have you ever said these words in your lifetime? I’ve said them a bunch as a father to three kids. I have said those words to my sister, my parents, my grandparents, my friends, and on and on I could go. I’ve never said “Let me in” to God. I cannot think of a time when I went looking for God and begged him to let me come into his presence. There are those of you out in cyberspace reading this article who believe that you must go looking for God and try to find him.

Jesus Is Knocking

Jesus says: “Listen! I stand at the door and knock. If anyone hears My voice and opens the door, I will come in to him and have dinner with him, and he with Me.” (Revelation 3:20 HCSB, emphasis mine)

Do you see the pattern? Jesus is knocking, is willing to go in, will go after a lost sheep, and has come to seek and save. Does that sound like someone who is waiting around for you to ask permission to get in to where he is?

Consider the father of the prodigal son:

But while the son was still a long way off, his father saw him and was filled with compassion. He ran, threw his arms around his neck, and kissed him.” (Luke 15:20b HCSB)

The father didn’t wait for the son to walk up to the front porch, ring the doorbell, and beg the father for entrance back into the home. The father ran to meet the son. This is how God works.

You are not shut out from a relationship with God through his son, Jesus Christ, you have an open invitation. Will you accept the invitation?