Fellowship

 

"Here I am! I stand at the door and knock. If anyone hears my voice and opens the door, I will come in and eat with that person, and they with me." Revelation 3:20

Is there any greater fellowship than to sit and have a meal with someone? It is usually a scene with laughter, sharing of stories, digging deeper into memories and ideas, and of course, enjoying the food. It is where we get to know one another. Families long for days with their children at the table, first dates are often a dinner shared, and many relationships are built around the table. It is an intimate place for fellowship. 

So, imagine, Jesus standing at your door, and wanting to sit and fellowship with you. But in order for him to enter, we must hear his voice and open the door. 

What keeps us from hearing Him? Is it because we are so busy inside, preparing the room or the meal. We get so busy doing, we don't get quiet enough to hear our master knocking.

 Or is it the noise in our lives? What are we listening to? What has our attention? How much of the world are we letting in...because we know the world is loud, distractive, and demanding. Is He there and knocking, yet you are unable to hear. 

Or maybe you hear the knocking, but you're not willing to go to the door and open it. You are afraid of what He will see. You aren't prepared for His visit. You don't feel the meal is good enough, or the house clean enough....you want to be more prepared. 

Let us each take the time to listen, be willing to have quiet and open the door to the greatest meal and fellowship we can imagine. He is there at the door, and wants to come in. We do not need to be prepared, we just need to open the door. 

Let's Try This

 

It is pretty bad when this so called writer hasn't posted a blog here in two years. It is also funny, my last two posts, years apart are my #oneword posts for New Years in the past.  Yet, here I go again. 

My one word for 2021 is WRITE. In recent years, before deciding on my word, I prayed. My lack of writing has been coming up for a month now. I know I need to get back to it. I have been reading some of my writing. I might not ever write a novel or publish a book, but I do know God has given me a talent. I think we are to use our gifts to serve. So it is my hope and prayer that the words I write this year do just that. 

I do not know where this word will take me. I have chosen a verb before, because I know they require action. That is all I am asking of myself, is to write. It might be in a notebook, or on a blog, or hidden in my google drive. I just need to write.

So, back to a writerly habit. 

"As each has received a gift, use it to serve one another, as good stewards of God's varied grace..." 1 Peter 4:10