Knock Knock!

http://beyondwaiting.com/2013/07/15/give-me-some-time-to-kick-that-door-down/

I'm sharing this link because the writer of this blog says exactly what I needed to hear today and I can't phrase it any better than she did!

I've recently accepted that there are certain things in life that I think I want but I am not supposed to have. Not every door is put in my path so I can go through it. Some doors, however promising what's on the other side may be, are meant to be only tests of my faith and patience.

Life is too precious to waste energy kicking at doors God doesn't want me to open. My time is better spent on my knees praying for God to open the right doors. This writer says "There’s a door you won’t have to force because it was made for swinging open at the faintest touch." In my heart, I know that is true.

As a divorced woman, I find myself spending too much time dwelling on my future. My life seems as though I'm standing alone in a pale room, and every wall is lined with doors. Big doors, small doors, worn doors, new doors... the opportunities both excite and overwhelm me because I want to make sure I'm choosing my paths carefully. This devotion helped me see that it's okay for me to knock on these doors, but I need to learn when to turn and walk away from the ones that are stuck rather than breaking out the sledgehammer and WD-40!

And God confirms this in His Word. Matthew 7:7 reads, "Ask and it will be given to you; seek and you will find; knock and the door will be opened to you." It doesn't say, KICK THE DOOR UNTIL YOU FORCE IT OPEN!!!

God says knock.

Ask.

Seek.

Knock.

So often I wonder why I don't have certain things, why I can't find the right answers, why the door stays closed; but it is because I'm not asking, seeking, and knocking the way He commands. It's so simple.

Ask. Your requests will be granted.

Seek. The answers will be found.

Knock. The door will be opened.

No version of that verse says "Knock, then open the door." It says the door will be opened for you, which makes my part pretty easy! Just knock, see if it opens, then move on if it doesn't.