“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.” (Revelation 3:20)
A familiar picture is the one painted by Holman Hunt. This picture is a depiction of Jesus standing, knocking at the door of a little vine-covered cottage. When a friend saw the picture he said to Mr. Hunt, “You failed to put a latch handle on the outside of the door.” Mr. Hunt replied, “There is no latch handle on the outside of this door. It is a picture of the human heart with Jesus knocking and waiting to be invited in. This door must be opened from the inside. Jesus will not force His way in uninvited.”
In context, this verse is speaking to the lukewarm church of Laodecia, one of the seven churches of Asia in Revelation. It is a picture of Jesus waiting for a member of that lukewarm church to invite Him in. Imagine a church with Jesus on the outside waiting to be invited in. Does your church fit that picture? If so, you can be the one to do something about it.
However, Revelation 3:20 can also be seen as a picture of Jesus standing at the heart’s door of a lost person. Jesus is a gentleman. He will not force His way in. He will come in when the door is opened in response to His knocking at the door of one’s heart. He promises to sup, “feast,” with all who will open their heart to Him.
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