As many as I love, I rebuke and chasten. Therefore be zealous and repent. Behold, I stand at the door and knock. If anyone hears My voice and opens the door, I will come in to him and dine with him, and he with Me.
Revelation 3:19-20
Along with this passage I read Ezekiel 4-7. That section of scripture is all about how God is going to diminish Israel for their sins. It seems pretty dismal. A long siege where a third of the population are scattered to the wind as they flee, a third are to die by the sword in the actual war, and a third to die from the pestilence and starvation brought on by the siege. Yet when we read here in Revelation it tells us that God rebukes and corrects those He loves. Since we know that the things that strike us are in love we need to honor him whatever the situation we find ourselves.
If we will repent earnestly and open the door to Him, Jesus will come in and share our lives. Jesus will be our close friend. He will be as close to us as we will allow Him to be. We will share our meals with Him and He will share His resources with us. And when we overcome our tepid, mediocre commitment to Him, He will seat us with Himself on the throne in Heaven.
Throw off the shackles of average sinner and put on the new man that Jesus has provided for us. Accept the correction and even chastening. Move the way God is insisting so that we are not spewed out of His mouth and so that we can have a place minister His love in.
Receiving His Love,
Pastor Jason
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