It’s not very often you have to say to a guest that they aren’t welcome and you are forced to chase them away. However, we have had to do that very thing.
We heard strange knocks on our front door recently. We looked out the door window into the eyes of a very naughty squirrel that was clinging to our door decoration of corncobs! When we began to open the door to chase him away, he scampered off very fast.
That will be the end of the squirrel, we thought. But it wasn’t long before the strange knocks were heard again. You might have already guessed that the same bold squirrel was back, and we chased him away for the second time.
Then a little later we heard a BIG noise at the front door. When we checked this time, off ran the bushy-tailed, four-legged thief with a whole corncob in its mouth! We opened the door to check the decoration and noticed that two cobs were missing! Then later that day all the cobs were gone, and only the bow that tied them together remained!
The Lord Jesus is knocking at the door of your heart today. He’s not knocking as a thief; He’s knocking because He loves you. He 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 [eat] 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)). He also says in John 10:9-109I am the door: by me if any man enter in, he shall be saved, and shall go in and out, and find pasture. 10The thief cometh not, but for to steal, and to kill, and to destroy: I am come that they might have life, and that they might have it more abundantly. (John 10:9‑10), “I am the door: by Me if any man enter in, he shall be saved, and shall go in and out, and find pasture. The thief cometh not, but for to steal, and to kill, and to destroy: I am come that they might have life, and that they might have it more abundantly.” Have you opened your heart’s door and let the Lord Jesus in?
The squirrel thief was a little amusing to us because we have used this same corncob decoration for a few years without a problem. But one thing we were sure of—that squirrel had a good meal that day with lots of corn to hide away for later.
ML-12/28/2008