I wrote last Sunday about Christ living in me and I living in Christ–II Corinthians 5:17. The reality of this hasn’t left me but continues to grow within me with a desire to understand this reality in its breadth and depth. As I was journaling earlier this morning I had one of the guys reach out telling me he had relapsed last night but today he was going to be sober for the next 24 hours. I know this gentleman well and his story sounds a lot like each one of us who is breaking free from the bondage of addictive sin. This is when I asked Jesus what He wanted me to know about this? His response was immediate. He brought me to His Words in Matthew 7:7-8. It says “Ask and it will be given to you; seek and you will find; knock and the door will be opened to you. For everyone who asks receives; the one who seeks finds; and to the one who knocks, the door will be opened.”

As I was processing Jesus’ response to me with these two verses I visualized myself standing “in Jesus” knocking on the door of “living in Christ and Christ living in me” asking for help to understand what this reality is. I told Him I will wait for Him to open this door of knowing and understanding.