BobbieDoll
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Just wanted to share this with you ladies, I found it to be really nice and helpful. Have a great day!!!!
Praise Him for the Closed Door
We need to learn to praise the Lord as much for a closed door as we
do an open door. The reason God closes doors is because He has
not prepared anything over there for us. If he didn't close the
wrong door we would never find the right door. God directs our path
through the closing and opening of doors.
One door closes, it forces you to change your course. Another door
closes, it forces you to change your course again. Then finally you
find the open door and you walk right into your blessing. The Lord
directs our paths through the opening and closing of doors, but
instead of praising him for the closed door (which keeps us out of trouble)
we get upset because we "judge by the appearances".
You have an ever present help in the time of need who is always
standing guard. Because He walks ahead of you He can spot trouble down the
road and set up a road block or detour accordingly. But through our lack
of wisdom, we try to tear down the roadblocks or push aside the
detour sign.
Then the minute we get into trouble we start crying "Lord how could
You have done this to me?". We have got to realize that the closed
door can be a blessing. Didn't He say that No good thing will He
withhold from them that love Him?
If you get terminated from your job - praise God for the new
opportunities that will manifest themselves - it might be another job, it might be
school.
If that man or woman won't return your call - it might not be them,
it might be the Lord setting up a roadblock (just let it go).
One time a person had a bank they had been in business with for many y ears to
tell them "No!" to a ten thousand dollar loan. The Lord put in their
spirit to call another bank. That bank gave them forty thousand dollars at a lower
interest rate than the first bank was offering.
We can sometimes trap ourselves in doubt and discouragement through
judging by appearances. I'm so grateful, my friends, for the many
times Our Father has closed doors to me just to open them in the most
unexpected places. The Lord won't always say in spoken words: "Go to
the left, now to the right".. . sometimes He will just close the wrong
doors.
"Thy word is a lamp unto my feet, and a light unto my path."
-Psalm 119:105
"The steps of a good man are ordered by the Lord, and He delights in
his way." - Psalm 37:23
Praise Him for the Closed Door
We need to learn to praise the Lord as much for a closed door as we
do an open door. The reason God closes doors is because He has
not prepared anything over there for us. If he didn't close the
wrong door we would never find the right door. God directs our path
through the closing and opening of doors.
One door closes, it forces you to change your course. Another door
closes, it forces you to change your course again. Then finally you
find the open door and you walk right into your blessing. The Lord
directs our paths through the opening and closing of doors, but
instead of praising him for the closed door (which keeps us out of trouble)
we get upset because we "judge by the appearances".
You have an ever present help in the time of need who is always
standing guard. Because He walks ahead of you He can spot trouble down the
road and set up a road block or detour accordingly. But through our lack
of wisdom, we try to tear down the roadblocks or push aside the
detour sign.
Then the minute we get into trouble we start crying "Lord how could
You have done this to me?". We have got to realize that the closed
door can be a blessing. Didn't He say that No good thing will He
withhold from them that love Him?
If you get terminated from your job - praise God for the new
opportunities that will manifest themselves - it might be another job, it might be
school.
If that man or woman won't return your call - it might not be them,
it might be the Lord setting up a roadblock (just let it go).
One time a person had a bank they had been in business with for many y ears to
tell them "No!" to a ten thousand dollar loan. The Lord put in their
spirit to call another bank. That bank gave them forty thousand dollars at a lower
interest rate than the first bank was offering.
We can sometimes trap ourselves in doubt and discouragement through
judging by appearances. I'm so grateful, my friends, for the many
times Our Father has closed doors to me just to open them in the most
unexpected places. The Lord won't always say in spoken words: "Go to
the left, now to the right".. . sometimes He will just close the wrong
doors.
"Thy word is a lamp unto my feet, and a light unto my path."
-Psalm 119:105
"The steps of a good man are ordered by the Lord, and He delights in
his way." - Psalm 37:23
