“Listen! I stand at the door and knock. If anyone hears My voice and opens the door, I will come in to him and have dinner with him, and he with Me.” Revelation 3:20 HCSB

Are you paying attention? Not to me or any other person? But to God, Jesus and the Holy Spirit! He is willing to give wisdom. He is wiling to speak. He is willing to use. Are we will to receive? Are we willing to listen? Are we willing to be used? He is knocking! He will not beat down the door to get to us. He will not open the door Himself. He is waiting for the people of His Church to welcome Him into all areas of their lives. After all He is Lord. Which means He is in control of everything. He has the right to tell us what to do and to do with us as He pleases. God is not waiting to embarrass us, but to lift us up. He is not wanting to depress us but to encourage us. He is not wanting anything bad for us but for good. He is not cursing us but rather blessing us. Will we be a blessing to God or a hinderance? Will we be used by Him or will He have to use someone else? Or worse will he have to crush us to get us to a point where He can use us? 

“The Lord is my shepherd; there is nothing I lack. He lets me lie down in green pastures; He leads me beside quiet waters. He renews my life; He leads me along the right paths for His name’s sake. Even when I go through the darkest valley, I fear no danger, for You are with me; Your rod and Your staff — they comfort me. You prepare a table before me in the presence of my enemies; You anoint my head with oil; my cup overflows. Only goodness and faithful love will pursue me all the days of my life, and I will dwell in the house of the Lord as long as I live.”

Psalms 23:1-6 HCSB

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“Therefore, as the Holy Spirit says: Today, if you hear His voice, do not harden your hearts as in the rebellion, on the day of testing in the wilderness,

But encourage each other daily, while it is still called today, so that none of you is hardened by sin’s deception. For we have become companions of the Messiah if we hold firmly until the end the reality that we had at the start. As it is said: Today, if you hear His voice, do not harden your hearts as in the rebellion.”

Hebrews 3:7-8, 13-15 HCSB

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“I have come as a light into the world, so that everyone who believes in Me would not remain in darkness. If anyone hears My words and doesn’t keep them, I do not judge him; for I did not come to judge the world but to save the world. The one who rejects Me and doesn’t accept My sayings has this as his judge: The word I have spoken will judge him on the last day.”

John 12:46-48 HCSB

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“For this is what the Lord says: “When 70 years for Babylon are complete, I will attend to you and will confirm My promise concerning you to restore you to this place. For I know the plans I have for you” — this is the Lord’s declaration — “plans for your welfare, not for disaster, to give you a future and a hope. You will call to Me and come and pray to Me, and I will listen to you. You will seek Me and find Me when you search for Me with all your heart. I will be found by you” — this is the Lord’s declaration — “and I will restore your fortunes and gather you from all the nations and places where I banished you” — this is the Lord’s declaration. “I will restore you to the place I deported you from.””

Jeremiah 29:10-14 HCSB

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“Whoever falls on this stone will be broken to pieces; but on whoever it falls, it will grind him to powder! ””

Matthew 21:44 HCSB

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“In the same way the Spirit also joins to help in our weakness, because we do not know what to pray for as we should, but the Spirit Himself intercedes for us with unspoken groanings. And He who searches the hearts knows the Spirit’s mind-set, because He intercedes for the saints according to the will of God. We know that all things work together for the good of those who love God: those who are called according to His purpose. For those He foreknew He also predestined to be conformed to the image of His Son, so that He would be the firstborn among many brothers. And those He predestined, He also called; and those He called, He also justified; and those He justified, He also glorified.”

Romans 8:26-30 HCSB

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