The Courtesy of God

Behold, I stand at the door and knock.  If anyone will open to me, I will come in and sup with him, and he with Me (Rev. 3:20).

The courtesy of God, waiting to be invited into the lives of those He made in His Image and ransomed by the life of His Son!  It is as though, after giving one's children money to buy a house, we wait to be invited into the house.  And if they do not ask, we wait again, respecting their privacy and attention to other details of life. 

But how sad never to be invited in to share a meal, to be treated as a stranger in the life of one to whom you had given life and everything else you owned.  Yet, this is what happens in almost every case--we are busy about so many things, overlooking the one important thing---communion with God, eating at His table and allowing Him to share in the life He has given us.