Walking through those open doors

       Yesterday’s sermon was about walking through open doors - taking the opportunities God has given to serve Him. At the start of the sermon my thoughts of application had to do with this season of waiting Tim and I are in and my thinking was “ok… when the door is open of course we will walk through it! That’s what we are waiting for – an open door!”

       But the more I listened to the teaching of God’s Word I realized this wasn’t an abstract concept for some time in the future. It was for now. What door of opportunity was God opening for me to walk through - today?

       I spent some more time on that thought this morning, sharing some of my dreams and hopes with my Heavenly Father. I have no idea if any of those will ever come to be – some of my thoughts seem rather large and, to be honest, unattainable. But my Abba wants me to share my heart with Him, so I did.

       Then I just sat.

       And listened.

       And as only God, through the Holy Spirit, can do, He opened my eyes to see some open doors of opportunity I have right in front of me. At first they seemed pretty trivial, not at all the grand ideas I had presented Him in my prayer.

       There was a choice in front of me. I could ignore the open door or I could accept that God had placed an opportunity in front of me – no matter what size I thought it looked like.

       It’s like the parable Jesus told about the master who entrusted some talents (money) to 3 of his workers. The first was given 5 talents, the second was given 2 and the third servant was given 1. The first two servants took what was given to them and used it to double the money to give back to their master. The last servant hid it in the ground because he was afraid of failure.

       When the master returned, he was very pleased with what the first two servants had done with the talents they were given. In fact, the master’s response to both servants, regardless of how much was made, was the same! “Well done, good and faithful servant! You have been faithful with a few things; I will put you in charge of many things. Come and share your master’s happiness!”

       But to the fearful servant who hid his talent in the ground the master gave a hard rebuke. He was called wicked and lazy and the one talent he had was taken from him.

       I certainly don’t want to be like that fearful servant! I want to hear God say “well done!”

       What it comes down to is that it really isn’t about how many talents I might have or the size of an opportunity. It is that I was obedient and walked through the open door God put in front of me. And when presented with the next open door, I do the same.

        One day at a time…

              One open door at a time…