The Door
Jesus is so many things to us. He is Savior, Redeemer, peace, hope, joy, life abundant. He is our righteousness and our victorious Lord. He is a friend like no other. He is very God.
He called Himself the Bread of Life, the Living Water, the Good Shepherd. He also said that He is the Door.
John 10:9
I am the door; if anyone enters through Me, he will be saved, and will go in and out and find pasture.
I imagine myself standing in a room with many doors, each one opening to a different path. The choice is mine. Isn’t that always the most difficult part – the choosing? How much easier if there were just the one door – the right door. Then I could walk right through and all would be well.
However, the Father has created me with a free will. It is His perfect design. He would have me love Him enough, trust Him enough, to accept the great gift He offers – to choose it over all the others.
The others can look so tempting, so right in their own way. One might open to certain riches, another to instant fame. Another might lead to someone not of His choosing or a life apart from Him. There is only one that leads to eternal life. It is Jesus Himself – the Door.
When I place my hand on the handle and open that Door, I step into blessing I could never have imagined. As I go in and out of this door, this Jesus, I find all I need not just for eternity but for this life I now live. I find, on the other side of that door, eternal riches and life everlasting.
Through His death and resurrection, Jesus became the Door by which we enter in. He is the only way. He invites us, each one of us, to come.
Blessings,
Linda
I love the idea that once we go through that door, we can find life…..and pasture, I think of it much like a cow headed to the slaughterhouse and then being saved and led out to a wonderful green forever home! I love that He isn’t the door we walk through, He is the door itself! Lori
Free will gets my sometimes in trouble. Like you said, it would be easier to just have this one Door; but God loves us too much to not give us choices.