Who will visit you?

I was recently thinking of something which reminded me of an event that happened over a quarter of a century ago.

It was only a few months after my wife and I were converted at Bulleen Baptist Church and started worshipping there. At that time there were at least a half dozen of the members at Bulleen who were doctors. Three of whom had Practices at Greensborough and were among the imminent Doctors there and frequent attendees at the Greensborough Hospital. (One of whom later went on to remove the Appendix of both my Mother and older brother, but that’s another story.)

We were living at Hurstbridge at the time and using the services of the local Doctor there, who also went on to deliver our second born, at said Greensborough Hospital, shortly after we started attending the Bulleen Baptist Church.

So it was no real surprise that after our second born arrived, my wife had visits from her own doctor plus, independent social visits from each of these three doctors from our Church, two of whom were Specialists there. Well no surprise to us, but a big surprise to the Nurses and other Hospital staff, who started to wonder who this “Nobody” was who could merit visits from at least 4 eminent Doctors.

It is wonderful to have visitors at any time and the more so when we are not well and in Hospital. But you know we don’t have to wait till then, nor go to such extreme measures just to get a visitor. And from someone more imminent than a Doctor or even a Specialist Doctor!

As Christians we have a greater visitor in Jesus Christ. And all we need to do to have him visit us is to ask.

To paraphrase both a James Taylor song and Scripture, “all we Have to do is call out His name and where ever He is, He will come to us because we have a friend in Jesus.”

And this visitor is more than just a visitor He is a friend who will stick even closer than a brother or sister.

Remember that famous piece of scripture that says, “Behold, I stand at the door, and knock. If any man* hears my voice, and opens the door, I will come into him, and will sup with him, and he with me.” (Revelations 3: 20. KJV.)

* Any man refers equally to women and men and to young and old alike! So what are you waiting for?

Your friendly visitor stands knocking even now. Will you let him in? Walter