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WELCOME TO GOD FOCUS THIS MORNING

THE TITLE FOR TODAY’S EPISODE:  DOORS

We often hear people talking about opportunities as open doors. They talk about closed doors too. I want to cover this subject from a Christian perspective.

REV 3:20 Behold, I stand at the door, and knock: if any man hear my voice, and open the door, I will come in to him, and will sup with him, and he with me.

Jesus waits patiently for us to yield to him, and open our hearts. He is a gentleman and will not force his way in the door to our lives. He longs for a relationship with us. By allowing Jesus access he will help clean out everything that is ungodly. He will take the empty space and fill it with the things of God. He offers salvation, companionship, peace, joy, freedom, and so much more.

In this life we often suffer because we have opened the door to the wrong things. The enemy has many traps waiting. We cannot trust every door. Not every opportunity is the right option.

Once I was frustrated with my current job. It felt like I was in a rut. I was approached by someone with a great opportunity. It sounded perfect. The job was mine if I wanted it, the interview was just a formality. When I walked into their showroom it was gorgeous, marble floors, beautiful light fixtures, not the standard office squares of fluorescent light. To look at it, it spoke the word success. But as I looked around God said to me, “all that glitters is not gold.”

The interview went well; I was offered more money and benefits than my current job. I told them I had to give notice to my current employer. On the way home I couldn’t shake what I knew God had said. I called the next day and told them I changed my mind. In less than six months they were out of business. I often think of that when an opportunity looks too good to be true. The enemy can open doors too.

I often pray for God to open doors of anointing and wisdom for me. I pray I will be able to recognize the doors that are mine. I also pray for God to show me when an open door will open me up to the enemy’s trap or attack. We can sometimes hear a song or watch something on TV that will open a door to a demonic attack or a witchcraft attack. We need to pray to keep these doors shut.

Rev 3:8 I know thy works: behold, I have set before thee an open door, and no man can shut it: for thou hast a little strength, and hast kept my word, and hast not denied my name.

This verse is written to the Philadelphia church age. He is saying he has given them an opportunity to spread the gospel and serve others. He has given them favor, the door is open and no man can close it. Even today, the door of salvation is standing open and is moving toward a time it will be closed. Until then we have an opportunity to lead as many as possible to that door, so they may walk through to salvation. Jesus is that door of salvation. We can not be saved except we come through Jesus, the door.

Matt 7:7-8 Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you: 8 For every one that asketh receiveth; and he that seeketh findeth; and to him that knocketh it shall be opened.

Jesus said to ask, seek and knock. When we ask him in faith he will give us what we have prayed. When we seek him in prayer and seek his wisdom in the word he says we will find that in which we seek. If we knock it will be opened.

All of these steps take patience there is a time from the ask to the answer. When you knock on a door, it takes time for the person inside to answer. We all know when seeking or searching for something that also takes time. That time with Jesus is about cultivating our relationship with him. Jesus is that door of salvation. We can not be saved except we come through the door

So be careful about what doors you walk through. If it is closed ask God if you should even knock on that door. Remember not every opportunity is from God. “All that glitter’s is not gold.”

Until next time,

BE BOLD, BE BRAVE AND KEEP YOUR GOD FOCUS

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