Who’s that Knocking at my Door?

It’s about 8:30 pm. Tuesday night. Lights are out. I’m in bed watching a Hallmark Christmas movie! I’m caught up in the love story that I already know what the ending will be, when suddenly, loud knocking on my bedroom door. Yes, I said, “bedroom door” and not my front door!

Holy jumping catfish!!! I hear a man’s voice, “Donna, it’s Joe! Your keys were in your front door.” THIS MAN IS IN MY APARTMENT! And, were it not for Joe, there could have been anyone else in my apartment.

Not even thinking about me being in my nightie, I open the bedroom door and see Joe trying to back his way out! He explains again that a friend saw the keys in my front door, knocked and no answer, then called Joe for intervention! He thought it could have been a medical emergency or worse.

On my phone, I see where Joe had called me AND left text messages. But, I was so engrossed in my movie I never heard the phone (on silent mode) or his knock on my front door.

Of course this leads to another blog – which today starts with “knocking”! AND, God, please bless Joe for his kindness, and I pray for divine intervention in NOT leaving my keys in the door again!

Could this be a blog that speaks of God knocking on OUR heart’s door? We are so caught up in our text messages or emails or social media OR movie watching that we can’t hear Him knocking. Perhaps He has a divine revelation, an idea, an aha that could change the course of our lives…..but we’re not hearing Him. It’s time to pivot and flip the switch to “LOUD & CLEAR” so He can come in!

And, perhaps, you ARE all ears – listening for that “knocking” at your heart’s door. You might also be “the knocker” — knocking on God’s door and it seems no one’s home.

Joe knew I was in there. And we know God is in there. We have His blessed assurance that He is there. We continue to pound away at the door – pleading, begging, seeking, knocking, but the door just doesn’t open.

We’ve all felt that way. Here at Christmas, desiring to give to our family and others but there’s just so little or nothing at all to be a giver. You may be looking for a job or a better job. You know how thrilling it is for children at Christmas, which makes you desire to conceive and have a baby even more. You may be suffering from a tormenting illness and the thought of Christmas makes you say “bah humbug” because you desire to be freed to embrace the joys of this season.

Maybe you just want to experience joy again and truly be able to sing “Joy to the World” with fervor. It’s in these times that our loving Father, on the other side of the door, gently whispers to us, “Be still and know that I am God. Be still and listen.”

Be still in His presence and let Him assure us that He is working behind the scenes to do “immeasurably more than all we ask or imagine!” (Ephesians 3:20)

God is working all things for our good on the other side of the door. He’s repositioning circumstances and people for an answer to our prayers (our knocking). Very soon that door will swing wide open, and He will do a quick work.

In the meantime, be encouraged by Matthew 7:7, “Keep on asking, and you will receive what you ask for. Keep on seeking, and you will find. Keep on knocking, and the door will be opened to you.”