A LITTLE boy heard his father reading these words of the Lord Jesus:
“Behold, I stand at the door and knock: if any man hear My voice, and open the door, I will come in toy 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).
Suddenly he left his play, and going quickly to his father, and looking earnestly into his face, asked eagerly,
“Papa, did they let Him in?”
And you, dear young reader, have you ever heard the knock at the door of your heart, and did you let Him in? Perhaps one of you will say: I cannot let Him in. Listen: A person who often went to visit the poor and sick, knocked one day at the door of an old, sick woman, but received no answer. He knocked louder, put his ear to the keyhole, and heard a weak voice saying,
“Who is there?”
“It is I, Mr. H.”
“O, Mr. H. I am very ill; I cannot get up to open the door, but will you just turn the handle and come in?”
Mr. H. did as she said, and was now able to comfort the sick woman, and provide her with some necessities, so that he left her quite happy.
You, too, say to the Saviour, I am very sick and cannot open the door of my heart, will You open it, and come in? Never will He refuse such a request.
ML 12/17/1922