Saturday, March 28, 2020

 
 
 
 
Devotional 3/28/20 
 
“Open Doors”
  
 
By Dona Hake
 
 
“Ask, and the gift is yours. Seek, and you’ll discover.
Knock, and the door will be opened for you.
For every persistent one will get what he asks for.
Every persistent seeker will discover what he longs for.
And everyone who knocks persistently will one
day find an open door. “Do you know of any
parent who would give his hungry child, who
asked for food, a plate of rocks instead?
Or when asked for a piece of fish, what parent
would offer his child a snake instead?
If you, imperfect as you are, know how to
lovingly take care of your children and give
them what’s best, how much more ready is
your heavenly Father to give wonderful gifts
to those who ask him?”
Matthew 7:7-11 The Passion Translation
 
 
“Open doors“ could mean so many things. It could be God’s voice telling you that it is time for you to move forward in a specific way. It could be the perfect timing in which He has brought peace to your heart. Sometimes open doors bring great change that require our heart to embrace courage that only comes from Him. Doors that are closed could mean we just need to quietly and continually seek Him. There are those times that we just need to patiently wait upon Him until certain doors open for us…when He is ready to permit them to open.
 
 
This Scripture calls to our hearts to be a persistent and enduring people. It speaks of the importance of being a persistent seeker of His perfect will in our lives. It also speaks of a fact that we need reminded of often… We have a loving Heavenly Father that wants to see things go well and wonderful in our life because He loves us so much. He requires that we seek Him with all of our heart, and lean not to our own understanding.
 
 
Today I encourage you to be  persistent and be diligent in the things of God. The God of Heaven and Earth desires to open your eyes that you can see more clearly. His ears are open to the cry of your heart, and remember He is attuned with you, and He knows your every need. We just need to ask…