‘Sure!

The metaphor’s been used before!

But it’s not trite because it’s still so right!

Remember the old painting?

Jesus standing at the door, knocking.

Reminds me of the old rock song.

“I hear you knocking but you can’t come in!”

Notice there’s no door knob in the picture.

No key hole.

Nor a skeleton key in His hand.

Nothing a guy with the long hair and beard,

looking like a 30-something Norwegian Hippy,

could use for a little BnE!

(He could, I suppose, kick down the door!

I mean, Hell! He could have called 10,000 angels!)

But it’s important to remember something about Hippies and Christ.

They’re peaceful, if sometimes stoned, folks.

“Peace and Love, Dude!! Peace and love!”

Messiah’s not gonna force His will on anyone!

He waits, patiently, for you to open the door, from the inside.

His self-defining nature prevents him from forcing the door.

The only latch is inside the heart.

The only hand on the handle is a human hand.

Yours.

Now that’s freedom in the extreme!

The created can deny the Will of its Creator

by saying, simply, “No.”

Divine Will will acquiesce to the will of its creature.

But!

Beware the line from The Lords Prayer

when ever you recite it:

“Thy Will be done.”

For it’s not a conditional, time sensitive request!

It is permission to let Divinity have Its Way with you!

Supplicant grants access by opening the door.

“OK, Lord! Go ahead! Exercise Your Will in my life!

Hear that sound?”

CLICK.

“That’s me unlocking the door to my life.

I’ve granted consent from my end!

So go for it!”

But!

Beware, my friend!

For the Spirit may blow you where ever It Wills!

Even if it casts you into the roiling sea

where a storm gathered wave

might drown you down into a deep watery grave.

And there’s no guarantee

that Will will intervene to save!

Simon (aka Peter) lucked out.

(Yes, I’ve been bingeing The Chosen)

Sure!

It might all come out right in the end…

probably…

Just ask Job.

(But don’t try to ask his first family….)

But that might not fit your definition of the kind of happy ending

you had in mind when you unlocked your door.

“Thy Will be done on earth even as it is in the heavens…”

…where galaxies collide and asteroids smash into planets

extinct-ing whole species,

(regardless of whether you feel all touchy-feely about T-Rex)

Where walrus and polar bears disappear,

extinguished when earths average temperature

rises a mere 2.4 degrees.

What will – be done?

See?

All I’m asking of you is to just take the time

to consider and be ready for…

some of the “outside of the box” outcomes of the unlocked door

before you open it wide from within.

Or get ready for the possibility of a wild ride!

You simply can never know.

Omein!