Perhaps you’ve seen posters of the doorways of Tuscany or Provence showing many styles of entryways…heavy carved wooden doors with iron hinges, painted doors within graceful arches or under heavy stone beams. There are so many means of access.

Through him we both have access in one Spirit to the Father. Ephesians 2:18

God has provided a portal into Heaven – but only one. In the treatise of the Good Shepherd, Jesus proclaims He is that door. (John 10:9) In today’s passage, Paul reminds the Christians of Ephesus that, whether Jew or Gentile, there is still but one way…and it runs directly through the cross of Christ.

In Revelation 3:20, the Bible speaks of another door: the entry into the human heart. Written to Christians, it is a reminder that Jesus desires active communion with His own, but will not force His way in. A much-loved painting by Warner Stillman reminds you there is no knob, no latch on this door’s exterior. It must be opened from within.

Keep your heart’s door wide open. As you do, you can readily show others the One Way, Truth and Life…Jesus…the portal into Heaven. Intercede for those who have not yet found God’s loving provision and pray that the truth of His only way will invade this nation’s halls of government.

Recommended Reading: Ephesians 2:12-22