A thought by John Ortberg, (2015-02-24) from his
book. All the Places to Go . . . HowWill You Know?: God Has Placed before You an Open Door. What Will You Do? (p. 7). Tyndale House
Publishers, Inc.. Kindle Edition. (Click on the title to go to Amazon.com to buy the book.)
Here
is the full thought by John, “What a gift to know that open doors are not
reserved for the specially talented or the extraordinarily strong. God can open
a door for anyone.”
And God writes through the Apostle John in Revelation 3:8 (NIV), “See, I have placed before
you an open door that no one can shut.”
Now
John in his book here quotes one of his college professors, Jerry Hawthorne,
who says, “A door is one of the richest images in literature. It can mean
safety (‘my door is chained and locked’) or hiddenness (‘no one knows what goes
on behind closed doors’). It can mean rejection (‘she shut the door in my face’)
or rest (young mothers’ favorite room is the bathroom, where they can close the
door and be alone). But in this passage a door means none of those things.
Rather, it is an open door, symbolic of boundless opportunities. Of unlimited
chances to do something worthwhile; of grand openings into new and unknown
adventures of significant living; of heretofore unimagined chances to do good,
to make our lives count for eternity.”
And
“God can open a door for anyone.” What
an awesome possibility for us all.
As
John says, “An open door is the great adventure of life because it means the
possibility of being useful to God.”
Isn't that an exciting possibility for you and me?
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