Knock, knock! Who's there?
Sometime ago, in a birthday party, one of the guest arrived and told me "Oh, gulat ka noh?" (Oh, you're surprised!). Whereas in my part, why would this person thinks that I'm surprised, I've thought why he would think that way and I shouldn't be surprised at all.
In a party, event, or gathering, the person is hosting or celebrating it, I believe has the one or full authority of who's going to be on the guest list, simply means "who's invited?". It might be the celebrant, or the organizer would serve as the gatekeeper. Attending someone's birthday, expecting to who should be or should not be there it seems unacceptable or beyond the norm.
Society today, endures the notion of struggling "who's gonna be in?!" in a certain event or occasion, whether its a wedding, birthday, friday-night out, reunion, and even there's such a thing as the "VIP" list. What's the basis or factor of their selection process? They pick the people who they want to be with, they select the people for them to enjoy and share life with. They even choose the people who plays a crucial or important role in the meeting or gathering.
I'm glad that there's someone who always invites and welcomes us into his presence, into his life, and into his kingdom. There's no favouritism involved or VIP list, he doesn't look at the outward appearance nor the cultural and educational background, he just mysteriously wants everyone and sees everyone has a special role. Interestingly, he does his invites way too different compared to us not only into day-to-day basis but in every second, in every moment. Way too different, that for us prevalently, we invite through a fb invite, text, email, call or letter depending on the degree of closeness and nature of the purpose involved. But for him regardless of the reason, whether he just want to hang-out, chat, touch-based, a cup of coffee, up to the most deeper heart-to-heart issues in life, he intentionally goes to the door and knock, I repeat on a "regular basis".
Imagine a person, who prepared for a special occasion who aggressively go to each and everyone's house into his guest list and knock on the door just to invite and follow-up them all the time, especially when the time is near. Even after the event or meeting, he again wants your presence with him for the next day. Actually, that's never-ending pursuit of him knocking at everyone's door. He recognizes your value and greatness to the entire world. He's so willing to train, teach, and coach you in life.
Most of the time, when they reject our invitation, we feel not-so positive or maybe feel bad or lonely or to the extreme, we feel abandoned. Every declined invitation also decreases the level of enthusiasm/hope/chance/ of the effort fixing our schedule or organizing the next event/meeting towards that person. The only thing that keeps us on persevering to him/her or them is "Passion". Regardless of the size (one-on-one chats, 5 people conversation, business meeting of 12, a class of 30, a company of 200, or even 1000 congregation), and relationship (bestfriend, family, relatives, colleagues), we don't want declines.
But a person that I'm talking about, even up to the point of the whole world rejecting his daily knock-on-the-door invitation, the same level of passion and pursuit to be with them is unchanging.
Both formal and informal people go to parties, weddings, meetings, networking, hang-outs, gate-aways, reunions, etc. looking for fame, money, security, connections, relationships, or even power, (Please add, other reasons). **Great Commission, oh great!, now let me ask, is it all the time? Is it consistent?
What is their source of destiny, security, love, purpose, riches. power? (Please add more)
'Behold, I stand at the door and knock; if anyone hears My voice and opens the door, I will come in to him and will dine with him, and he with Me. - See more at: http://bible.knowing-jesus.com/topics/Invitations#sthash.lf1rAujO.dpuf - Revelation 3:20
In a party, event, or gathering, the person is hosting or celebrating it, I believe has the one or full authority of who's going to be on the guest list, simply means "who's invited?". It might be the celebrant, or the organizer would serve as the gatekeeper. Attending someone's birthday, expecting to who should be or should not be there it seems unacceptable or beyond the norm.
Society today, endures the notion of struggling "who's gonna be in?!" in a certain event or occasion, whether its a wedding, birthday, friday-night out, reunion, and even there's such a thing as the "VIP" list. What's the basis or factor of their selection process? They pick the people who they want to be with, they select the people for them to enjoy and share life with. They even choose the people who plays a crucial or important role in the meeting or gathering.
I'm glad that there's someone who always invites and welcomes us into his presence, into his life, and into his kingdom. There's no favouritism involved or VIP list, he doesn't look at the outward appearance nor the cultural and educational background, he just mysteriously wants everyone and sees everyone has a special role. Interestingly, he does his invites way too different compared to us not only into day-to-day basis but in every second, in every moment. Way too different, that for us prevalently, we invite through a fb invite, text, email, call or letter depending on the degree of closeness and nature of the purpose involved. But for him regardless of the reason, whether he just want to hang-out, chat, touch-based, a cup of coffee, up to the most deeper heart-to-heart issues in life, he intentionally goes to the door and knock, I repeat on a "regular basis".
Imagine a person, who prepared for a special occasion who aggressively go to each and everyone's house into his guest list and knock on the door just to invite and follow-up them all the time, especially when the time is near. Even after the event or meeting, he again wants your presence with him for the next day. Actually, that's never-ending pursuit of him knocking at everyone's door. He recognizes your value and greatness to the entire world. He's so willing to train, teach, and coach you in life.
Most of the time, when they reject our invitation, we feel not-so positive or maybe feel bad or lonely or to the extreme, we feel abandoned. Every declined invitation also decreases the level of enthusiasm/hope/chance/ of the effort fixing our schedule or organizing the next event/meeting towards that person. The only thing that keeps us on persevering to him/her or them is "Passion". Regardless of the size (one-on-one chats, 5 people conversation, business meeting of 12, a class of 30, a company of 200, or even 1000 congregation), and relationship (bestfriend, family, relatives, colleagues), we don't want declines.
But a person that I'm talking about, even up to the point of the whole world rejecting his daily knock-on-the-door invitation, the same level of passion and pursuit to be with them is unchanging.
Both formal and informal people go to parties, weddings, meetings, networking, hang-outs, gate-aways, reunions, etc. looking for fame, money, security, connections, relationships, or even power, (Please add, other reasons). **Great Commission, oh great!, now let me ask, is it all the time? Is it consistent?
What is their source of destiny, security, love, purpose, riches. power? (Please add more)
'Behold, I stand at the door and knock; if anyone hears My voice and opens the door, I will come in to him and will dine with him, and he with Me. - See more at: http://bible.knowing-jesus.com/topics/Invitations#sthash.lf1rAujO.dpuf - Revelation 3:20
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