I like doors. I\u2019ve got several framed pictures in my office, from the \u201cDoors of . . .\u201d series, depicting the diversity of doors in various parts of the world. I also like open doors. I\u2019ve had about as many open doors in my life as I have had closed doors. Along the way, I\u2019ve learned several things about doors. I\u2019ve made it a policy to never close a door that I didn\u2019t open. In other words, if God, or someone acting on God\u2019s behalf, opens a door for me, I ought to at least check it out before it closes. I\u2019ve also learned not to force open a closed door. This can lead to a lot of misery. Mostly, I look for doors that God opens, and no one can shut! To the church in Philadelphia, John wrote, \u201cI have set before you an open door, and no one can shut it\u201d (Revelation 3:8). I like to look for doors of opportunity, like the ones Paul wrote about in Colossians 4:3, asking for prayer, \u201cthat God would open to us a door for the word, to speak the mystery of Christ.\u201d I try not to spend much time looking at closed doors. Helen Keller wrote, \u201cWhen one door of happiness closes, another opens, but often we look so long at the closed door that we do not see the one that has been opened for us.\u201d Look around this week, and check the doors in your life. Some may need to be entered; others ignored.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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