"Too Comfortable"

 "I have put off my coat; how shall I put it on? I have washed my feet; how shall I defile them?" (S.O.S. 5:3)

  If only we could see this from His point of view and not our own, what a difference there would be in our understanding and our priorities. This is the answer, no doubt, that lacks compassion; at the very least, a reply of selfishness, in an attempt to make excuses for not getting up to open the door. Is it too far fetched? Is it way too out to be our state of mind? Are we even ever close to being this ungrateful? No, No, and Yes! 

  First off, consider the process: (a series of actions or steps taken in order to achieve a particular end.) To this we see two simple steps required to make our actions achieve a particular end: to get up out of bed, and to open the door! How hard is that to pull off? If there was a pizza being delivered, we would most likely have no hesitation. In contrast, what from, what we know, were the steps for the Lord to get to that door? and what actions were taken that would allow Him to come inside? 

  Just based upon the previous verse, we understand that He needed to travel there; and apparently, from the fact that He was wet of dew, the travel was long enough to cause drops to form upon His head. And based upon that fact, we can ascertain that He was determined, regardless of the dampness of the night, to come, knock upon the door, and ask to be let in. And that is just the simple version; the complex version is based upon thousands of steps, involving millions of actions, and based upon, who knows, many years of time and travel. 

  Secondly, consider the purpose: (the reason for which something is done or created or for which something exists.) Which reminds us of the two reasons that the Lord would be there knocking: one is to call sinners into His covenant, the other is to call saints into communion with Him. Based upon the facts we see, which one of these two purposes best illustrates His reason? 

  Not as if we can be that observant all of the time; but this is not quite an average encounter. The thing that makes it so unusual is the timing: "I sleep, but my heart waketh," is not something that describes a normal awakening. If you are awakened, what is the thing that wakes you up? What is it that wakes up first, your mind or your heart? Strange question, I know. But it is purpose enough to process where you are at, if you are too comfortable, and, notwithstanding, if you are ready to go!

  In the words of Joe Dirt: "Is this where you want to be when Jesus comes back?" To be ready, it to always be mindful of the process by which we are saved, and the purpose for which He saved us...

"I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that ye present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God, which is your reasonable service. And be not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is that good, and acceptable, and perfect will of God. For I say, through the grace given unto me, to every man that is among you, not to think of himself more highly than he ought to think; but to think soberly, according as God hath dealt to every man the measure of faith. For as we have many members in one body, and all members have not the same office: so we, being many, are one body in Christ, and every one members one of another." (Romans 12:1-5)