The Matrix, doors, and automonkeys!

“Behold, I stand at the door and knock; if any one hears my voice and opens the door, I will come in to him and eat with him, and he with me.” (Rev 3:20)

This reminds me of the original Matrix (the first installment, the only one that is worth a damn). When Morpheus and Neo are going to meet with the Oracle, they stop at the door to her office before going in, and Morpheus tells Neo, “I can only show you the door. You have to open it.” Free will.

In the same way, the Book of Revelation is offering a similar phrase. God is knocking at the door. But he won’t open it himself. We have to act through our own free will and open it. And once we do, God will come in and dine with us. But he won’t just walk into our house, he will walk into us. And as he dines with us, so too will we dine with him. There again, we have to do our part. God’s not going to pull our strings. We have to move our own feet. But if we let him in completely, it will be much easier for us to see where our feet are going. Christ will be the lamp for our feet. Christ will show us where to go.

What is keeping you from letting God in completely?

Dust, leprechauns, books, and prayer

There are those friends who you can just sit with and not say a word, yet there is never awkwardness in the air. Simply put, you are so close that you don’t have to talk. Then there are those times where you know someone so well that you can just look into their eyes and hear a thousand words from them, even when they aren’t saying a thing.
I think that God wants to be this way. God wants us to “look him in the eyes” and hear his voice. He wants us to simply sit with him and hear him speak volumes to us. Or, maybe he just wants us to sit with him and be present. You know, God needs company too.
“Blessed are the poor in spirit, for their’s is the kingdom of heaven.” If we desire that close relationship with God, or maybe I should say any relationship with God, we first have to empty ourselves and admit that we cannot make it without him. Simply put, we exist inasmuch as he allows to exist. Without him, we truly are nothing. Without God, there is nothing. Without God, there is no thing.
All he wants is to ask you how your day is going.