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The text behind the painting is Revelation 3:20: ‘Here I am! I stand at<br />
the door and knock. If anyone hears my voice and opens the door, I<br />
will come in and eat with that person, and they with me.’ Significantly,<br />
there’s no handle on the door – because the handle is on the inside.<br />
Moreover, there’s a sense of the urgency of the moment – as Jesus’<br />
feet are already turning away and the sky reveals that dawn has<br />
nearly come. This highlights the need for us all to open our hearts to<br />
Jesus, while we still have the opportunity. 13<br />
PAUSE AND PONDER<br />
The truth is that Jesus comes knocking on each of our<br />
doors. The question is, have we ‘opened the door’ yet?<br />
Have you opened it yet? If not, then I want to invite you to<br />
pray and invite him in. You may want to use the prayer in<br />
Appendix C.<br />
Revelation 3:20 was originally addressed to those who<br />
were already Christians, highlighting that ‘opening the<br />
door’ is not just a one-off event. Rather, the Christian life<br />
really is a journey of ongoing openness and increasing<br />
revelation. Moreover, God doesn’t just want to come into<br />
the hallway, but into every room of our lives! Do you need<br />
to open yourself up to the presence of the living Christ in a<br />
fresh way today?<br />
We conclude our journey of lost hope being restored <strong>by</strong> looking at the<br />
very moment when the eyes of the two disciples were fully and finally<br />
opened: ‘When he was at the table with them, he took bread, gave<br />
thanks, broke it and began to give it to them. Then their eyes were<br />
opened and they recognised him’ (vv30–31).
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