Open/closed oors
From the movie "Facing the Giants":
"We serve a God that opens doors that no one can shut, and he shuts doors that no one can open. He says: ‘Behold, I have placed before you an open door that no one can shut. I know you have a little strength, yet you have kept my word and have not denied my name. The Lord is not through with you yet. You still have an open door here, and until the Lord moves you, you’re to bloom right where you’re planted. I just felt led to come and tell you that today."
I continue to struggle to find what dooes God has open for me. I know they must be there, I just can't see them. I am certainly running out of strength for the searching for the open doors is truely exhausting. Yet, I have the faith that someday my search will be rewarded.
Another quote from the movie:
"I heard a story about two farmers who desperately needed rain. And both of them prayed for rain, but only one of them went out and prepared his fields to receive it. Which one do you think trusted God to send the rain? Which one are you? God will send the rain when he’s ready. You need to prepare your field to receive it."
Boy, I like to think I've prepared my field in anxious expectation of the Lord's rain...but most of the time I think I'm in the wrong field because nothing is growing due to lack of rain. I've tried preparing my field, but how do I know it is the right one? My patience is certainly being tested...which again is very exhausting...
"We serve a God that opens doors that no one can shut, and he shuts doors that no one can open. He says: ‘Behold, I have placed before you an open door that no one can shut. I know you have a little strength, yet you have kept my word and have not denied my name. The Lord is not through with you yet. You still have an open door here, and until the Lord moves you, you’re to bloom right where you’re planted. I just felt led to come and tell you that today."
I continue to struggle to find what dooes God has open for me. I know they must be there, I just can't see them. I am certainly running out of strength for the searching for the open doors is truely exhausting. Yet, I have the faith that someday my search will be rewarded.
Another quote from the movie:
"I heard a story about two farmers who desperately needed rain. And both of them prayed for rain, but only one of them went out and prepared his fields to receive it. Which one do you think trusted God to send the rain? Which one are you? God will send the rain when he’s ready. You need to prepare your field to receive it."
Boy, I like to think I've prepared my field in anxious expectation of the Lord's rain...but most of the time I think I'm in the wrong field because nothing is growing due to lack of rain. I've tried preparing my field, but how do I know it is the right one? My patience is certainly being tested...which again is very exhausting...
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