In Search of... : Jesus's Open Door

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Jesus is calling us to enter through His open door of Blessings, if we only listen, do God’s Will and follow Him and His ways.

I wish to be able to do a better Job at taking care of my Family, know my purpose, the Purpose God has for me in mind and know how and where to use the Artistic or other Gifts God has given me.

Perhaps God has already opened to door and all along Jesus has been holding it open for me, waiting for me to enter. But we don’t, perhaps I am afraid to because of what He would ask me to do, something outside of my comfort zone. Something that I don’t have an interest in doing.

Matthew 16 v 24 - Then Jesus said to his disciples, “Whoever wants to be my disciple must deny themselves and take up their cross and follow me.

God calls on us to give everything, not just what we want to give or only what we are comfortable giving, not being in control of, but everything. To trust in God with all our cares, all our problems and situations, our family, our jobs and finances, or lack there of. To fully trust in Him and not worry about; how will I pay my Bills, how will I get work if I don’t have Gas to put into my car to get to work, what I will eat, or what will I eat and put gas into my car and pay for food and gas and support my family if I don’t have money to do these things.

How to recognize God’s open door and go through them.

Isaiah 22 - A prophecy against the Valley of Vision: What troubles you now, that you have all gone up on the roofs, 2 you town so full of commotion, you city of tumult and revelry? Your slain were not killed by the sword, nor did they die in battle. 3 All your leaders have fled together; they have been captured without using the bow. All you who were caught were taken prisoner together, having fled while the enemy was still far away. 4 Therefore I said, “Turn away from me; let me weep bitterly. Do not try to console me over the destruction of my people.” 5 The Lord, the Lord Almighty, has a day of tumult and trampling and terror in the Valley of Vision, a day of battering down walls and of crying out to the mountains. 6 Elam takes up the quiver, with her charioteers and horses; Kir uncovers the shield. 7 Your choicest valleys are full of chariots, and horsemen are posted at the city gates. 8 The Lord stripped away the defenses of Judah, and you looked in that day to the weapons in the Palace of the Fores. 9 You saw that the walls of the City of David were broken through in many places; you stored up water in the Lower Pool. 10 You counted the buildings in Jerusalem and tore down houses to strengthen the wall. 11 You built a reservoir between the two walls for the water of the Old Pool, but you did not look to the One who made it, or have regard for the One who planned it long ago. 12 The Lord, the Lord Almighty, called you on that day to weep and to wail, to tear out your hair and put on sackcloth. 13 But see, there is joy and revelry, slaughtering of cattle and killing of sheep, eating of meat and drinking of wine! “Let us eat and drink,” you say, “for tomorrow we die!” 14 The Lord Almighty has revealed this in my hearing: “Till your dying day this sin will not be atoned for,” says the Lord, the Lord Almighty. 15 This is what the Lord, the Lord Almighty, says: “Go, say to this steward, to Shebna the palace administrator: 16 What are you doing here and who gave you permission to cut out a grave for yourself here, hewing your grave on the height and chiseling your resting place in the rock? 17 “Beware, the Lord is about to take firm hold of you and hurl you away, you mighty man.18 He will roll you up tightly like a ball and throw you into a large country. There you will die and there the chariots you were so proud of will become a disgrace to your master’s house. 19 I will depose you from your office, and you will be ousted from your position.

20 “In that day I will summon my servant, Eliakim son of Hilkiah. 21 I will clothe him with your robe and fasten your sash around him and hand your authority over to him. He will be a father to those who live in Jerusalem and to the people of Judah. 22 I will place on his shoulder the key to the house of David; what he opens no one can shut, and what he shuts no one can open. 23 I will drive him like a peg into a firm place; he will become a seat[a] of honor for the house of his father. 24 All the glory of his family will hang on him: its offspring and offshoots—all its lesser vessels, from the bowls to all the jars.

25 “In that day,” declares the Lord Almighty, “the peg driven into the firm place will give way; it will be sheared off and will fall, and the load hanging on it will be cut down.” The Lord has spoken.

We are in our own situations so that we will learn to call on Him. Although difficult, almost near death in feeling sometimes, our Circumstances and Situations are not unique. All of us have gone through own trials and Tribulations through life, that is why its is important to be apart of a Church group with fellow Christian, Jesus following, believers. To not be alone and most importantly, to put God first and His Church, to be a Blessing in whatever good and Godly way to Him and His Church and our fellow Christian Brothers and Sisters.

Call on Him in all Situations and Circumstances good or bad, feel Blessed during the Trials and Tribulations, as this is when you grow closer to Him if you desire it. Your Faith grows too as He will test us during these times to see how we react.

God wants us to get on our knees and Pray to Him. To ask of Him our Hearts desire, how we might end or the solution to fix this, all the wile, trusting in Him who sent His only Son Christ Jesus to take our Sin and became Sin Himself who was sinless so that we may not die in Sin.

Although these Situations and Circumstances are most likely our own fault, God uses these times for us to develop Godly Character and Faith. It is also were our current existing character and faith is revealed for what it is. Realizing that our own comfort must come second to God and His purpose for us as well to come second to our Families. We are to be stewards of our Families ( steward def: someone who looks after the affairs and well being of the Kings people who the king trusts to do so.)

What do we do what that Open Door?

What is our mindset, our own addenda, is it about serving God and others, or is it about ourselves? Are we focusing too much on ourselves?

Do we have Faith that God will show up in His right and perfect appointed time, to trust in Him that His time is not our time and His ways are not our ways, and that event, a most seemingly impossible situation or circumstance from His perspective is the equivalent of flicking a grain of dirt out of the way, Oh Ye of little Faith! Oh me of little Faith!

What is our character of who we are right now, to we trust in Him or do we continue to live in fear and doubt that He even cares, or has abandoned us to our own selves. This is the Faith and Character revelation test that your, our, or my Faith and Character which is being tested.

Consider your Trials and Tribulations a good thing, let those who never seem to have any problems, circumstances or situations have this time, this is their time, their World. Satan leaves them alone as he knows he has them already so why bother them, a Kingdom can’t stand divided in itself. If you live a uneventful seemingly perfect life, then you need to be very, very worried about where you are headed to in the here-after!

But then Jesus steps in and uses it for good, to test you and me, to become more Faithful, more Godly, less worldly dependent on worldly things, more trusting in Him in all things and to put Him first in every thing. To be the trusted Stewards of what He entrusts us to look after be it Family, our Church, Friends and other material or financial blessings.

God has things He wants us to do, firstly; Put Him first, trust in Him and to follow Jesus as our Lord and Savior. To care for His Church and all those in it, and to be stewards over our Family and other Loved ones. Friends come second from Family as our responsibilities for our family must come before the needs of friends. And then to be a Godly Christian example in our work place or our self employment profession, to be a light to others showing how Christians are to conduct themselves interacting with others in the workplaces, or our classrooms, or anywhere else.

So considering all this we either can or cannot go through Gods open door for us if we are, or are not fully right with Him or at the least making forward moving efforts towards Gods desire what we are all to be, Faithful, Godly, Trusting, without Sin, Responsible and with a Heart that is right with Him.