There are times in life when we're seeking out a new adventure or new chapter in our lives. We may even feel God has spoken into our heart that something new is on the horizon. We start knocking and pushing on different doors of opportunity to see if it will open and reveal the mystery of what is next. At times we may find ourselves anticipating what is behind the door and what life will be like when it opens, believing that the door will open before it has. That path can often lead to disappointment. If the door doesn't open we may try to force it open in our own strength, thinking we know best.
Over the past year have been on a house hunting journey. Not a great time to sell and be looking for a house during a pandemic especially with a baby, now toddler. But we truly felt God opened the door for us to sell so we walked through it to the unknown of what would be the next chapter for us. Since then God has been our ultimate provider for opening up doors for where we could stay while we continued our search.
But then there have been all the doors we've knocked on with houses we've taken to auction or private sale or deadlines and so on. Houses that at times were snatched away at the last moment. Through it all we have trusted and prayed that God would keep the wrong doors closed and at the appointed time open the right one. When we would lose a house our response would be to praise God and thank Him for keeping the door closed. But there have been moments I have struggled to say thanks without tear stained cheeks, times when I'd so fallen in love with a house or we'd just been so painstakingly close to securing it that my heart was aching. In those moments I would force myself to say thanks and to listen to praise/worship music and slowly song by song my heart would soften and my disappointment would subside and my thanks would come from a truly grateful heart.
Trust and believe that when God wants a door to open no man can stop it. See Revelation 3:7.
Sometimes we get the privilege of seeing and knowing why God kept a door closed. But often we don't. The mystery remains and often we're left wondering why. "Did I do something wrong? Did I not pray hard enough? Have you forgotten me God?" And so on. The questions that seek to hold God ransom can be endless if we let them. But in those moments we have to declare our trust in God. We can tell him it hurts and that we don't understand but then we must declare..."BUT through it all I trust in you God and I know that you know what you are doing!" Perhaps God is protecting you by keeping the door closed or he has something better lined up. Whatever the reason, God knows best and it's in that we must trust no matter how we feel.
So as we continue our house search, we continue to trust God and say thanks no matter whether our eyes are overflowing with tears of thankfulness or heartache, we say thank you.
Over the past year have been on a house hunting journey. Not a great time to sell and be looking for a house during a pandemic especially with a baby, now toddler. But we truly felt God opened the door for us to sell so we walked through it to the unknown of what would be the next chapter for us. Since then God has been our ultimate provider for opening up doors for where we could stay while we continued our search.
But then there have been all the doors we've knocked on with houses we've taken to auction or private sale or deadlines and so on. Houses that at times were snatched away at the last moment. Through it all we have trusted and prayed that God would keep the wrong doors closed and at the appointed time open the right one. When we would lose a house our response would be to praise God and thank Him for keeping the door closed. But there have been moments I have struggled to say thanks without tear stained cheeks, times when I'd so fallen in love with a house or we'd just been so painstakingly close to securing it that my heart was aching. In those moments I would force myself to say thanks and to listen to praise/worship music and slowly song by song my heart would soften and my disappointment would subside and my thanks would come from a truly grateful heart.
Trust and believe that when God wants a door to open no man can stop it. See Revelation 3:7.
Sometimes we get the privilege of seeing and knowing why God kept a door closed. But often we don't. The mystery remains and often we're left wondering why. "Did I do something wrong? Did I not pray hard enough? Have you forgotten me God?" And so on. The questions that seek to hold God ransom can be endless if we let them. But in those moments we have to declare our trust in God. We can tell him it hurts and that we don't understand but then we must declare..."BUT through it all I trust in you God and I know that you know what you are doing!" Perhaps God is protecting you by keeping the door closed or he has something better lined up. Whatever the reason, God knows best and it's in that we must trust no matter how we feel.
So as we continue our house search, we continue to trust God and say thanks no matter whether our eyes are overflowing with tears of thankfulness or heartache, we say thank you.