God’s Doorways

The heart knows its own bitterness, and a stranger does not share its joy. The house of the wicked will be overthrown, but the tent of the upright will flourish. There is a way that seems right to a man, but its end is the way of death. Even in laughter the heart may sorrow, and the end of mirth may be grief. The backslider in heart will be filled with his own ways, but a good man will be satisfied from above.

Proverbs 14:10-14

If it doesn’t open, it might not be a door.

Many times we expect for God to work in a certain way, and we look for doors and passageways He might open for us. Our heart knows the doors God has opened for us before and we rejoice in what God has done for us. The doors lead us into the house God has for us and we continue to flourish as we explore the house God leads us into. We begin to expect certain patterns to be doors and for God to work in certain ways. Yet, every door God opens to us, we find a new room full of new experiences of God. You can trust that God has new doors for you with exciting material inside, you sometimes have to wait for Him to show you to the door.

You bring your experiences with you.

Your experiences may tell you that certain things are doors and others are not. If you only look for doors you are expecting, you may miss some of the doors God has for you, and you may find yourself waiting outside a wall that you assumed to be a door. Life is more than your experiences and you have to continually seek after God to find the doors He has for you. The doors and the ways that seem right to you may lead to death, but when you are following God with all your heart, you will be satisfied from above.

Will you let God tell His story in you? 

Sometimes the doors God opens for you aren’t the doors you want to go through. You may be disappointed when the ornate wooden door with gold trim doesn’t open while the shabby, dilapidated door opens. God knows what is on the other side of every door. Follow Him through the doors and let Him show you which ones to open and walk through and which ones to pass by. Don’t let your experiences guide you because God’s ways are the ones that lead to life. Let Him show you what ways are doors and which ways are walls. As you follow God, you will let Him tell His story in you instead of insisting upon telling your own story.