Open Door

"And to the angel of the church in Philadelphia write: These things saith he that is holy, he that is true, he that hath the key
of David, he that open and none shall shut, and that shut and none open: I know thy works behold, I have set before thee a door opened, which none can shut, that thou has a little power, and did keep my word, and did keep my word, and didst not deny my name." Revelation 3:7-8

 

 

A door is a representation of so many things, a safe place, a place to call home, an opportunity, fear, uncertainty, it could also be a place of fear, a prison but my focus today is the 'OPEN' door that only God can open or close.

 

Have you ever experienced that, a door that only God could open?  I am not talking about an ordinary opportunity but an actual OPEN door.  I have, on a number of occasions and it is a time that you have to decide whether you trust God or not. You see He opens the door but we have to decide to go through it. We have to make a decision.

 

You see these types of doors are opened only:   BY GOD

We have to enter this door:                                 WITH GOD

Because you see the door is opened:                   FOR GOD

 

In the book of Genesis, God provided an open door to Abraham and told  him to leave his home, his family,  everything he knew and to go a place that God would tell. Abraham took that leap and entered the door and went through, with God and we all know that through his faith, the land of Israel was birth and we who are God's were also grafted into this family; all for God's glory.

 

My husband and I are on the cusp of walking through a door that God has opened. We are in the process of beginning a new ministry in our country that has never been here and we are starting it out of nothing. Trusting that God will provide though his people all that we need; a building, an ultrasound machine, volunteers and funding for everyday work. We trust God because He is faithful.  This Crisis Pregnancy and Youth Center is all His work and all for his glory.  The harvest is plentiful, the bible tells us and the laborers are few; the Father has sought to send us into the harvest and we are saying, Yes, we will Go!

 

For some of you, this is also an opportunity for an open door, you have the building that will change lives, you can provide the machine, you are ready to volunteer, you have the funds.  This is the Great Commission in action and the harvest is ripe. Evil can only prevail when the righteous do nothing!

 

To walk through the open door we have to be unhindered by uncertainty; we have to embrace the challenge, and go because He says so.  David would not have taken down Goliath if he had looked at the odds.

 

Faith is trusting God not our sight! and not our own limited strength and knowledge. Pray as to how God will use you in His work. Look for the open doors that He has prepared for you. Then walk through them knowing that it is all for His glory!