{"id":389,"date":"2018-11-27T11:36:00","date_gmt":"2018-11-27T17:36:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mypeacezone.com\/gods-wide-open-door\/"},"modified":"2019-02-18T10:15:51","modified_gmt":"2019-02-18T16:15:51","slug":"gods-wide-open-door","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mypeacezone.com\/?p=389","title":{"rendered":"God\u2019s Wide Open Door"},"content":{"rendered":"
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When I lived in Tulsa, I held a weekly Life Group in my home. I\u2019ll never forget the night when one of the gals told us that her job was being discontinued and she was very concerned about her future. While we were encouraging and reminding her of God’s faithfulness, I remarked \u201cThis situation is no surprise to Him. So trust Him that as one door closes, another door will open.” At the same moment I was speaking to her about the open door, the front door of my home gently opened with only the sunlight coming in. (See below photo!) We chose to believe that in our conversation about HIM, we heard His voice, and invited HIM into the door of our hearts…..and, indeed, HE came in to confirm that what we were speaking in faith….was true!<\/p>\n

Yes, we got goosebumps and were in awe. Some would say “That was just a coincidence. The door wasn’t closed tightly when the last lady came in.” But, we said what God’s Word says, “As your faith is, so be it unto you.” In a matter of days, an open door for a new job appeared for this young woman. Yes, she had to do some \u201cknocking\u201d on doors for that new job, but soon the door opened. <\/p>\n

Have you ever felt like you were knocking on God\u2019s door and it just seemed nobody\u2019s home? You know He\u2019s in there. You have His blessed assurance that He is there. You continue to pound away at the door \u2013 pleading, begging, seeking, knocking, but the door just doesn\u2019t open. <\/p>\n

We’ve all felt that way. Here we are at the Christmas season when we’d love to give to our family and others but there’s just so little or nothing at all to be a giver. You may be looking for a job or a better job. You know how thrilling it is for children at Christmas, which makes you desire to conceive and have a baby even more. You may be suffering from a tormenting illness and the thought of Christmas makes you say “humbug” because you so desire to be freed to embrace the joys of this season. Maybe you just want to experience joy again and truly be able to sing “Joy to the World” with fervor. It\u2019s in these times that our loving Father, on the other side of the door, gently whispers to us \u201cBe still and know that I am God. Be still and listen.\u201d All we can see is the closed door, but God is working all things for our good on the other side of the door. He\u2019s repositioning circumstances and people for an answer to our prayers (our knocking). Very soon that door will swing wide open and He will do a quick work. In the meantime, He\u2019s getting things in order for us. <\/p>\n

Are your knuckles red from pounding on heaven\u2019s door? Are you discouraged because no matter how hard you pray, all that you see is a door that\u2019s got a deadbolt on it? I have such good news for you! Remember Jesus walking through the walls to the disciples? He doesn\u2019t even need a door to show up for you. Stop and listen. Be still in His presence and let Him assure you that He is working behind the scenes to do \u201cimmeasurably more than all we ask or imagine!\u201d (Ephesians 3:20)<\/p>\n

Be encouraged by Matthew 7:7 “Keep on asking, and you will receive what you ask for. Keep on seeking, and you will find. Keep on knocking, and the door will be opened to you.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

When I lived in Tulsa, I held a weekly Life Group in my home. I\u2019ll never forget the night when one of the gals told us that her job was being discontinued and she was very concerned about her future. While we were encouraging and reminding her of God’s faithfulness, I remarked \u201cThis situation is…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_coblocks_attr":"","_coblocks_dimensions":"","_coblocks_responsive_height":"","_coblocks_accordion_ie_support":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[787,788,789,790,791,792,793,794,795,796,797,798,799],"class_list":["post-389","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-be-still-and-know","tag-begging","tag-closed-door","tag-ephesians-320","tag-god-is-working-all-things-for-our-good","tag-keep-on-knocking","tag-knock-knock","tag-knocking","tag-matthew-77","tag-pleading","tag-red-knuckles","tag-seeking","tag-suddenly"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mypeacezone.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/389","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mypeacezone.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mypeacezone.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mypeacezone.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mypeacezone.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=389"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/mypeacezone.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/389\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8822,"href":"https:\/\/mypeacezone.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/389\/revisions\/8822"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mypeacezone.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=389"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mypeacezone.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=389"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mypeacezone.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=389"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}