Finding Jesus.

I was reading in Luke today, and sometimes when a verse or chapter really speaks to me, I will reflect and write about what I just read. Well as I was writing, all these things that I felt Jesus was saying in that chapter just started pouring out onto the paper.

Luke 13:25-27"Once the owner of the house gets up and closes the door, you will stand outside knocking and pleading, 'sir, open the door for us.' But he will answer 'I dont know you or where you come from.' then you will say 'we ate and drank with you, and you taught us in our streets.' But he will reply, 'I don't know you or where you come from. away from me all you evildoers!"

To me I took this as Jesus explaining to us, that just because we go to church, listen to the sermon, apply some of the values to our lives, eat his bread, and drink his wine, doesn't make us know him. Jesus wants to be known as a person. He's not going to let strangers into his house. Would we let someone we dont know, that we've maybe seen a few times, into our house to spend the rest of their lives with us?? Jesus wants us to know him, to praise him, to love him. In church, we shouldn't go for socialization with our peers, but to find Jesus Christ. And once we find him, we need to get to know who he is, and allow him to show us what love really is. He already loves us, his love never ends. And to really know him, means our love for him doesnt end when church is over.