Open Doors
by Pastor Cornelius R. Stam
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“I have set before thee an open door, and no man can shut it” (Rev. 3:8).
This prophecy concerning the church at Philadelphia doubtless looks
forward to a future day, but who can deny that it contains a lesson for our
day?
When, in our walk through life, God sets before us open doors of
opportunity, He clearly intends us to enter them. The only way to avoid
entering an open door set before us would be to deliberately sidestep the
opportunity. Alas, how prone we are to do this! Indeed, we often pray God
for open doors when He has already set them before us and all about us.
Examine the record of Paul’s ministry and see how he thanked God
for open doors (Acts 14:27; I Cor. 16:9), grasping such opportunities as
God set before him on every hand. He did not pull strings or ask his
friends to use their influence to gain more comfortable or better-paying
positions. He faithfully entered whatever doors God set before him. His
best known requests for prayer for open doors came from Rome, where a
prison door had closed behind him. Should not this put us to shame!
May God convict us of the inconsistency of praying for open doors while
failing to enter the many open doors He has sViewet before us! May He forgive
us for ever being selective about working for Him! May He give us the grace
to take advantage of whatever opportunities present themselves to us,
“buying up the time because the days are evil.”
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