The Door

John 10:9 ESV
“I am the door. If anyone enters by me, he will be saved and will go in and out and find pasture.”

In Jesus’ day, a sheep pen had one door. Typically, the shepherd stayed near the door to make sure none of the sheep wondered off. Jesus did not say that he was at the door, but that He was the door or, He controls the access to the sheep pen. As a metaphor the sheep pen, is the kingdom of God, and only Jesus is the way in.

Those who would desire to be in the kingdom, must believe that He is the Son of God (the gatekeeper). They must believe that He died and rose from the grave, and now sits at the Fathers side making intersession for you and me. Jesus said, “I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.”

Jesus says in our passage today, “If anyone enters by me, he will be saved…” or reborn, made a new. Jesus said when we come through Him, we will come in and go out and find pasture. This means that we will come in for salvation and go out for service, in for worship and out for witness, in for ministry and out for mission work, in for prayer and out for proclamation. When we experience this movement in Jesus, we find everything that will sustain us (that is good pasture).

Prayer: 
Lord, come into our hearts as we enter Your kingdom. Work through us to proclaim the kingdom of God, the blessings of being a child of the King, spread the joy that we will be with You forever. This morning, we enter through the door (Jesus) and receive our anointing and we go out leading others to the Kingdom of God, Amen!