Open Doors
Lenny Ports
Matthew 14:28
Doors. Why are there doors before us on our journey of life? Doors represent choices. There are open doors and there are closed doors. There are good doors and there are bad doors. They represent decisions. Our decisions will bring us into our destiny. Doors also represent action. In other words, a person can stare at a door all day long, but until he or she walks toward the door and opens it, they can never see what is on the other side of the door. That brings me to my first point:
OPEN DOORS IS A FAITH THING
Don't you love those doors that open up for you. I mean the electronic ones at the store or any establishment that has them. When that automatic door opens on its own accord, it brings such a feeling of honor and respect. If anyone holds the door open for me, even if it is an electronic sensor that I am coming, hey, I feel special.
The thing about those electronic doors that open by themselves, it takes you walking up to them to see whether they will open or not. If you never step out in faith, if you never step toward the door, you will never know what the Lord has for you behind the door.
- Moses would have never known the Red Sea could part until he stepped toward it and put his staff in it.
- Joshua and the priests carrying the ark would have never knew they could cross the Jordan until they stepped into the water.
- Joshua also would have never conquered Jericho if first they didn't march around the city for 7 days.
- Abraham never knew he could be the father of many nations until he took his first step and left his hometown, Ur of the Chaldees.
- David ran at the door of opportunity to take down Goliath knowing the Lord was going to use him to take down the giant.
- Peter would have never known he could walk on water unless he stepped out in faith to walk to Jesus on the water.
Peter gives us the example to follow when it comes to opportunities or doors before us:
Matthew 14:28 (MSG) P ...
Lenny Ports
Matthew 14:28
Doors. Why are there doors before us on our journey of life? Doors represent choices. There are open doors and there are closed doors. There are good doors and there are bad doors. They represent decisions. Our decisions will bring us into our destiny. Doors also represent action. In other words, a person can stare at a door all day long, but until he or she walks toward the door and opens it, they can never see what is on the other side of the door. That brings me to my first point:
OPEN DOORS IS A FAITH THING
Don't you love those doors that open up for you. I mean the electronic ones at the store or any establishment that has them. When that automatic door opens on its own accord, it brings such a feeling of honor and respect. If anyone holds the door open for me, even if it is an electronic sensor that I am coming, hey, I feel special.
The thing about those electronic doors that open by themselves, it takes you walking up to them to see whether they will open or not. If you never step out in faith, if you never step toward the door, you will never know what the Lord has for you behind the door.
- Moses would have never known the Red Sea could part until he stepped toward it and put his staff in it.
- Joshua and the priests carrying the ark would have never knew they could cross the Jordan until they stepped into the water.
- Joshua also would have never conquered Jericho if first they didn't march around the city for 7 days.
- Abraham never knew he could be the father of many nations until he took his first step and left his hometown, Ur of the Chaldees.
- David ran at the door of opportunity to take down Goliath knowing the Lord was going to use him to take down the giant.
- Peter would have never known he could walk on water unless he stepped out in faith to walk to Jesus on the water.
Peter gives us the example to follow when it comes to opportunities or doors before us:
Matthew 14:28 (MSG) P ...
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