OPEN DOOR

Isaiah 45:1-2 (BBE)
1 The Lord says to the man of his selection, to Cyrus, whom I have taken by the right hand, putting down nations before him, and taking away the arms of kings; making the doors open before him, so that the ways into the towns may not be shut;
2 I will go before you, and make the rough places level: the doors of brass will be broken, and the iron rods cut in two:

Open doors signify communication and agreement, implying that the communication path between parties is smooth and flowing.
There are doors in every sphere of life, when these doors open, it means things are good and beneficial to all but when it closes, and the text says to open before him that shall not be shut.
Some doors lead into ways that are not right for us, even though we may not initially realize it as Proverbs 14:12 puts it, an open door, a mapped-out route, or a road may not be what it seems.
Some open doors may look like a blessing at first glance, but God knows what is on the other side, that’s why we must depend on the Lord to lead and guide us to and through divinely opened doors as stated in Revelation 3:8.
Circumstances may force us to knock on, open and go through doors that shouldn’t have been open and sometimes, the consequences of these open doors may have a far-reaching effect than we care to admit or are willing to deny.
The burden of an unauthorised open door could cut us off from seeing a divine open door or stop us from going through it because we become occupied with the wrong door.
The may adversities as Paul puts it in 1 Corinthians 16:9 that stands against our open door are to test our faith and strengthen our hope.
Even in the world, we are expected to strive to go through open doors, ones which may not be good for us, however, when the Lord opens these doors, the enemy will fight to keep us out.
When the Lord opens a divine door for us, He closes the wrong ones to help us, as seen in Acts 16:6-7- they proceeded farther west into Phrygia. Had they continued in the direction they wanted, they would have travelled through Asia but the Spirit prevented this preventing them from witnessing in Bithynia.
Unfortunately, so many don’t heed the Spirit’s warning, they head on and force open a wrong closed door or choose to go through a wrong open door.
God will open the right doors for us and close the wrong doors for us and when He opens a door, He helps us to recognize the open doors- the door of blessings, opportunities, mercy, and grace, and help us to confidently go through with no fear.
Do we ever wonder if the door opening before us was opened by God? Or by Satan or neither?
God will never open a door to an opportunity for us that does not line up with His Word, so, always check the scripture to confirm His word.
We pray fervently for an open door as seen in Colossians 4:3, but when those doors become open; doors of business, family, children, financial increase and healing, they sadly become our tools of avoiding the service of God, we may begin to use these open doors as an excuse for not wholeheartedly serving the Lord.
If you have been praying for an open door, and if the open door causes you discomfort, it may be a sign that God is opening a door to release you from something.
John 10:9 calls Jesus the door, open door for you to walk on your high places victoriously.
Shalom

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