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Revelation 3:20 - An Invitation for Relationship with Divinity.

Revelation 3:20 (NKJV) 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.  

INTRODUCTION

This Supreme Gift is a phenomenal, priceless 
treasure beyond all measure! It's a relationship with 
Deity that leads to eternity. 

COMMENTARY PEARL

To Get More Passionate, Get Closer to God
   God gave you a heart, and in your heart 
he placed passions, desires, and dreams. But 
unless they are under his control, they will be 
misused, they will be abused, they will be 
misapplied, they will be misdirected, and they will be 
wasted in your life. 
   All around the world, millions of 
passionate people have interests, dreams, and ambitions 
that are being misused and abused. And it breaks 
Gods heart. In spite of their talent and their 
passion, these people are unhappy - because when your 
passions are misused, it makes you miserable.  
   Some of you might be thinking, Im 
not really passionate about anything right 
now. You know what that means, right? It means 
you are disconnected from God. You cannot be 
connected to God and dispassionate. When you are 
plugged into God, its like plugging into 220 
volts. You get passionate! 
   God is a passionate God. The only reason 
you have emotions is because youre made in 
his image. God is emotional. God gets jealous 
when he sees you ignoring him for something else. 
God has loved you with an everlasting love; no 
matter what youve done, he will always love you. 
Thats passion! 
   When you spend time with God daily and 
you get plugged into him, you cant help but 
be passionate. You start to develop Gods 
heart for the world. You start to feel the way he 
does. Who you hang out with really does make a 
difference.  
   I can prove it with any teenager. Put a 
teenage kid with a group of dispassionate kids who 
are apathetic about everything, and that kid 
will become apathetic within a matter of weeks. 
Why? It matters who you spend your time with.  
   Would you like to have more energy in 
life? More enthusiasm? More get-up-and-go? Let me 
tell you where to get it. The word 
enthusiasm comes from the Greek words en theos - en 
meaning in and theos meaning God. When 
you get en theos - in God - youre going 
to be enthusiastic. The closer you get to God, 
the more energy, vitality, and passion you will 
have in life. The further away you get, the more 
bored and apathetic youll become. Youve got 
to open your heart to Jesus.  
   In Revelation 3:20, Jesus says, Look, 
Im standing at the door and knocking. If anyone 
listens to my voice and opens the door, Ill come 
in and well eat together (GW). If 
youre not a believer - or if youre a Christian 
whos wandered away from God - Jesus Christ is 
standing and knocking at the door of your life. But 
hes a gentleman. Hes not going to bust the 
door down. Youve got to open it up. [Daily 
Devotional by Rick Warren: 
https://pastorrick.com/devotional/] 

COMMENTARY

Pray in your closet and as you go about your 
daily labor let your heart be often uplifted to 
God. It was thus that Enoch walked with God. 
These silent prayers rise like precious incense 
before the throne of grace. Satan cannot overcome 
him whose heart is thus stayed upon God.  There 
is no time or place in which it is 
inappropriate to offer up a petition to God. There is 
nothing that can prevent us from lifting up our 
hearts in the spirit of earnest prayer. In the 
crowds of the street, in the midst of a business 
engagement, we may send up a petition to God and plead 
for divine guidance. A closet of communion may 
be found wherever we are. We should have the 
door of the heart open continually and our 
invitation going up that Jesus may come and abide as a 
heavenly guest in the soul.. live in the pure air 
of heaven. Those whose hearts are open to 
receive the support and blessing of God will walk in 
a holier atmosphere than that of earth and 
will have constant communion with heaven. Let 
the soul be drawn out and upward, that God may 
grant us a breath of the heavenly atmosphere. We 
may keep so near to God that in every unexpected 
trial our thoughts will turn to Him as naturally 
as the flower turns to the sun.  SC98-100 

CLOSING THOUGHT

When love fills the heart, it will flow out 
to others, not because of favors received from 
them, but because love is the principle of action. 
Love modifies the character, governs the 
impulses, subdues enmity, and ennobles the affections. 
This love is as broad as the universe, and is in 
harmony with that of the angel workers. Cherished in 
the heart, it sweetens the entire life and sheds 
its blessing upon all around. MB 38  

LINKS FOR FURTHER STUDY

Revelation 3:20 - An Invitation For 
Relationship With Divinity. 


https://www.abible.com/devotions/2023/20230317-0828.html 

http://www.abible.com/devotions/2022/20220506-0938.html 

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