Opening the Doors for Christ

One of my favorite stories from the Acts of the Apostles takes place in Philippi, where Paul and Silas, after being stripped and beaten were thrown into prison.  At midnight as they were praying and singing hymns, an earthquake shook the prison, opening the doors and loosening their chains.  The jailor, thinking that his prisoners had escaped was readying to fall on his sword, rather than face disgrace, when Paul shouted to him that he and Silas were still there.  Immediately, sensing that something supernatual had occurred, he asked what he needed to do to be saved. Paul gave him a brief catechism lesson. Finding new purpose in life, he enthusiastically ushered his former prisoners into his home, treated their wounds, was baptized with his whole family and invited Paul and Silas to eat with them, rejoicing in their new found faith in God. 
What a description of rebirth in Jesus: enthusiasm, compassion, table-fellowship!  The family welcomed their faith with vigor, joy and action.  As we begin each day, do we find such a passionate, invigorating appreciation and determination to live our faith as if we were just baptized?  Don't we wish we could?  It's hard to sustain such a level of enthusiasm, but just reading about how others received their faith, can help us open the doors of our routine-bound "prisons", allow Christ to enter as if for the first time, and spring us to life as re-born Christians.
Bro. Rene