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The Daily Word of Righteousness
I Stand at the Door and Knock
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.
(Revelation 3:20)
The seven trumpets of the Book of Revelation (Chapters Eight through Eleven) portray the effect on the works of men as the King, Christ Jesus, begins to bring all the earth, including His Church, into subjection to Himself.
How are we affected as the Holy Spirit brings us past the fulfillment of the feast of Pentecost and into Trumpets and the Day of Atonement? How are we to address ourselves to the dealings of the King, as He seeks admittance to our personality so He may throw down every false God in us and establish His throne at the core of our being?
The Lord Jesus is coming to each member of His Body today. He stands at the door of our life and knocks (blows the trumpet). He knocks until He gains our attention. Some hear the Lord readily. In other instances it is necessary for the Lord to bring trouble to the individual in order to make him aware that God has come to him.
Then Jesus speaks. If we open the door of our heart to Him He enters us and dines with us and we with Him. The food and drink He gives us are His own body and blood. It is by eating Him that we become married to Him, learning to live by Him as He lives by the Father.
Then the Lord Jesus begins to throw down every throne in us. We must remember that our body is the temple of the Holy Spirit, it is not ours to do with as we will.
It is God's will that man not dwell alone in his body. The body of man is made to be the house, the booth, the tabernacle of God. It is our responsibility to present our body a living sacrifice so we may prove the will of God.
If we are willing to receive the Lord, permitting Him to cast out of us the love of the world, the love of sin, and the love of our self-will, the Father and the Son come to us and make Their abode with us. Now there are four of us living in the same body: the Father, the Son, the Holy Spirit, and the saint.
When we overcome all that hinders the resting of God in us we discover we are sitting with the Lord Jesus in His throne, which is our own heart.
The goal of salvation is to become the dwelling place of God and Jesus, which is the spiritual fulfillment of the Jewish feast of Tabernacles.
The King is coming to each of us. If we have ears to hear and open the door He enters us and makes His abode with us. This is our marriage to the Lord.
As Christ settles down to rest in us He deals with everything in us that is contrary to God's Personality. The dealings of the Lord as He accomplishes our total sanctification can result in enormous upheavals and misunderstandings. Our part is to look steadfastly to Jesus and to continue patiently in faith until the rest in God we desire so fervently has been gained perfectly and completely.
You were born to be the dwelling place of God. Is this what you truly desire? (from The Blowing of Trumpets)