Break the Doors Down
Here’s a phrase that’s been bothering me lately:
God closed the door on that opportunity/job/relationship/etc. so I guess it wasn’t meant to be.
Really? Is it really that simple? I wonder how many God-breathed opportunities exist on the other side of “closed doors.”
A wise friend once told me, “Sometimes God opens the door for you. But sometimes, he wants you to break the door into splinters with your bare hands to get at what’s on the other side.”
I think that’s wisdom.
Have you ever had an experience where you had to “break the door down”?
I think there is wisdom in that. I feel like God has purposefully allow me to struggle with something just to see his dependance on Him. And in that way he hasn't shut the door as much as he's just revealed that there's another door that leads to the same place. So it's possible that I beat the first door down pretty good…with like a tookpick or something, but the new door just slides open
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Interesting thought to contemplate. Though I also wonder how many God-breathed opportunities we miss by “breaking down the doors” we think need broken rather than waiting on the Lord?
Certainly. There is reason to be cautious on BOTH sides.
However, my experience says that people tend to err on the side of laziness and inaction. “God didn't call me to that. . . .”
I love that quote as well. To be honest I have tried making my own doors before. You know running through the wall instead of going through the door. I think that is what I react against. Instead of following direction to the door I just make stuff up and hope it all works out.
For me though I have really been working on walking through the doors no matter what it takes. I use to be the guy that sits there and says “well God will give me the opportunities (the doors) and it will be obvious so I will just wait” that has quickly been erased and I have started to walk through the doors myself because they are there.
I think a lot of the times the reason we use the closed door excuse is because of fear. Because if we walk through that door that means we are in we are committed. It is easier to sit outside the door and never go in because it is very safe and you cannot get hurt.
Okay enough Christianese, simply yes I am knocking down doors daily.
I struggle with whether God is closing a door and wants me to move on, or if He is giving me struggles to make me stronger. It can be so hard to see how we are to take obstacles and adversity. As God’s call to stay or as God’s call to go?
I always felt like breaking a door down myself was taking matters in my own hands. As I have let God work in my life, I have found those doors open in due time, with His perfect timing. And usually, things don't end up as messed up as when I make things happen myself. Anytime I have been tempted to “break down the door”, I take a hard look at myself and realize it's impatience working in me. I agree He'll let me struggle but He wants me wait on Him.
Choppin' 'em down. Do it, dude.
“I always felt like breaking a door down myself was taking matters in my own hands.” What if that's precisely what God wants you to do?
Choppin' 'em down. Do it, dude.
“I always felt like breaking a door down myself was taking matters in my own hands.” What if that's precisely what God wants you to do?