Knock, Knock

All the work is completely finished, I did it all,  but it seems like you don’t completely get that because you’ve confused obligation with invitation. You posture yourself, do things, and make decisions to win my approval somehow in an effort to get my affection or sustain my love for you, but that’s a settled matter, so I’m not sure what you’re trying to accomplish. In case you didn’t get the memo You can’t influence me to somehow get me to love you more than I already do,  not even with your greatest deed, and you’ll never cause me to love you any less, either, not even in your darkest moment. Here’s what you can do though: you can start answering the door that I’m knocking on instead of opening the door that is the most convenient for you and asking me to come in that way. That’s not a love issue, that’s a matter of fellowship. Why in the world would you want my love apart from being in relationship with me? My love for you is a finished work that will never change because it’s anchored to the cross. But my fellowship with you is an ongoing invitation that you’ll have to make a decision about every day. Either way I’ll always be with you, the question is will you be with me?