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19.04.2008



Are You Facing Closed Doors?



There are various reasons why God closes doors. Some of them are:



1. To protect us from making a mistake.

Sometimes an open door appears to be exactly what we want. And yet God closes it. Why? We can only see on this side of an opportunity or door. God sees on the other side of that door. If we could walk arould and see the other side of the door, we would realise what a big mistake it would be to walk through that door. This is where our trust is so very important. If God closes a door it is because he knows what is on the other side.



2. To re-direct us

It is not necessary that God shuts all doors, but he re-directs us from this door to another one. In other words God is re-directing us to a greater opportunity. By closing the door to the apostle Paul to preach the gospel in Asia, God was simply giving him a far greater opportunity by moving him to an entirely different continent. (Acts 16:5-13).



3. To test our faith

When we come to situations where the door is closed, it is a test to our faith. The test is: "Am I going to believe what you said, God, that you always cause all things to work together for my good?" (Romans 8:28).



4. To equip us for another door he is going to open

Sometimes we think we are ready to walk through a door and yet God shuts it. Does it mean it is shut forever? No. You are not yet ready for that door opportunity. God is in the process of preparing you so that you may be better equipped for it.



5. Our disobedience.

Sometimes he closes the door because our disobedience has disqualified us for the opportunity he provided for us. This is why it is so very important that we walk in obedience to God. The price of disobedience is very painful.



Responding to closed doors:



a) Try to kick-open the door yourself.

The wrong response to a door that God has closed is to try to get it open.



b) Manipulate circumstances

Can God allow you to manipulate circumstances and burst a door down, if that is what is necessary to teach you a lesson? Yes, and you will be very sorry. When God closes a door and you try to get it open, all you are doing is opening yourself up to disappointment, discouragement, despair, pain like you have never known. He closed the door to protect us from all of that.



c) Becoming emotionally upset

"God, I am so disappointed in you". Then you get angry, bitter, hostile etc. A lot of people get up on the shelf because they respond to closed door the wrong way.



d) To blame somebody else

Blaming somebody else for a closed door in your life is to forget who closed the door.



The right response



Wait upon God for further instructions.

Why do you think God gave in the Psalm this verse of scripture? Psalm 27.14 "Wait for the LORD; be strong and take heart and wait for the LORD".



Why did he say "be strong and take heart"? Because sometimes it takes real courage to wait for God to work. Sometimes what we think is going to be a long waiting, turns out to be short. Sometimes we think it is going to be a short wait, but it is long. But God has not forgotten you.



While you are waiting, God is ahead of you, working in your behalf.

Thanks Tonto, for the good words.


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Tonto webaale nyoo obugambo obwesubi bunno bwotuweleza.Wandiba nga oli mutume ela twebaza Mukama olwokuba nabantu abalinga gwe ku forum.Nzize ngobelela obugambo bunno bwotulisa obujudde ekigambo kya Mukama.Ela bwenetegeleza enyoo nkizudde nti bulinga emeere yomwoyo.Your words are really nourishing my soul.Just keep it up buddy.Wooooooowwww!

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26.4.2008



You Have Access To God



Let's walk right up to Him and get what He is so ready to give. - Hebrews 4:16 TM





If you've been to an amusement park you know that it's designed to transport you to another world. The goal of the entire experience is to help you lose yourself in its joy and excitement. In prayer, we're transported to another world. Now a theme park is all make-believe; you have to leave it and come back to the real world. But there is no make-believe with prayer. It takes us into the Heavenly realm where Jesus is sitting at the right hand of God. It positions us to hear from God.



Hear what? Hear God's voice applying His Word to our specific needs and circumstances. But let's admit it, prayer can be hard work; it requires discipline. It's not as easy as running around having fun at an amusement park. All of us know what it's like to get down on our knees with the best of intentions, and either fall asleep, run out of things to say, or find our minds wandering after just a few minutes.



"Prayer changes things," as the old saying goes, but it first has to change us: to turn us from a self- focus to a God-focus so we can understand and do His will. The writer to the Hebrews puts it this way: "We don't have a priest who is out of touch with our reality. He's been through weakness and testing, experienced it all - all but the sin. So let's walk right up to Him and get what He is so ready to give. Take the mercy, accept the help" (Heb 4:14-16 TM). Today you have access to God through prayer. Use it!





SoulFood Bible Readings: 1 Co 7-9, Mk 7:24-37, Ps 144:1-8, Pr 10:19-21



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