Divine Intimacy

Hello everyone,

How are you doing on this day? I hope well and bubbling in the Lord.

Primary Text

“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.” Revelations 3v20 (KJV)

“Look! I stand at the door and knock. If you hear my voice and open the door, I will come in, and we will share a meal together as friends.” Revelations 3v20 (NLT)

One will find that the people we eat with are the ones we are most likely to be friends with and be intimate (close to, dear to, warm towards, near to, friendly with, cherish) with. Because food is a necessity of life, it is easy to know more about a person as you observe what they eat, how they eat it, how they act or react in the presence or absence of food, how they prepare their food e.t.c. Consequently, as you continuously share a meal with a person, you tend to relax and begin to bond with them; letting your guard down. In the verse above, Jesus shares this concept and depicts that He wants to be intimate with us, He wants to be our friend. From Genesis to Revelation, we see that God desires to have a relationship with man. Now we know that our relationship with God has different faces such as – Father to son, Shepherd to sheep, Vine to the branch, Potter to clay e.t.c.; but the first step is always responding to Him when He comes to us. Beloved, what is your response to the knock on the door today? Are you willing to have Him come in and sup with you? Zaccheeus for example welcomed Him gladly.

Supplementary Text

“Jesus entered Jericho and was passing through. A man was there by the name of Zacchaeus; he was a chief tax collector and was wealthy. He wanted to see who Jesus was, but because he was short he could not see over the crowd. So he ran ahead and climbed a sycamore-fig tree to see him, since Jesus was coming that way. When Jesus reached the spot, he looked up and said to him, “Zacchaeus, come down immediately. I must stay at your house today.” So he came down at once and welcomed him gladly. All the people saw this and began to mutter, “He has gone to be the guest of a sinner.” But Zacchaeus stood up and said to the Lord, “Look, Lord! Here and now I give half of my possessions to the poor, and if I have cheated anybody out of anything, I will pay back four times the amount.” Jesus said to him, “Today salvation has come to this house, because this man, too, is a son of Abraham. For the Son of Man came to seek and to save the lost.” Luke 19v1-10 (NIV)

Prayer

Why don’t you tell the Lord that You are opening up the door of your life to Him for Him to come and sup with you always.