Behold, I Stand at the Door and Knock
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Love does not impose itself. God, Who is Love, does not want to break into the sanctuary of a human heart. Respecting the freedom that He Himself has given us, God stands at the doors of our hearts as if He were a beggar and He knocks and waits for us to open up.(1) Mr. Biela reflects on the profound truths that are contained in the well known yet often overlooked passage from the Book of Revelation: "Behold, I stand at the door and knock. If anyone hears my voice and opens the door, (then) I will enter his house and dine with him, and he with me" (3:20). Biela makes these words come to life, ...
Love does not impose itself. God, Who is Love, does not want to break into the sanctuary of a human heart. Respecting the freedom that He Himself has given us, God stands at the doors of our hearts as if He were a beggar and He knocks and waits for us to open up.(1) Mr. Biela reflects on the profound truths that are contained in the well known yet often overlooked passage from the Book of Revelation: "Behold, I stand at the door and knock. If anyone hears my voice and opens the door, (then) I will enter his house and dine with him, and he with me" (3:20). Biela makes these words come to life, inspiring in the reader a deeper hunger to probe the truth about who God is and who we are, especially in our childlike relationship to Him. The author strongly emphasizes on each page of this work that the means to savoring this truth is humility. Humility does not focus on itself. Humility is completely disposed to receive and to accept God's gifts. Therefore, humility becomes openness and awaiting. A person who is humble and stands in truth discovers his own nothingness. As a result, this discovery evokes within him an increasing desire to be filled by the One Who is Everything. Humility opens the interior of a person to God, Who knocks... (1-2)
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