God has a plan or call for your life! Yes, He has a plan for you! Psalms 139:16. “Your eyes saw my substance, being yet unformed, and in Your book they all were written, the days fashioned for me, when as yet there were none of them”. You see God knew you before you were born and even then had a plan for you.
The key to a blessed life is that you must know His plan. Because God is spiritual or unseen 2 Cor 5:7 tells us that we must learn to walk by faith and not by sight. As a matter of fact, “Faith is impossible unless the will of God is known”! That is why hearing from God is so important to our success in life.Show More
Christians often use the phrase, of God that he “opens or closes doors”. When God opens a door it usually means an opportunity to fulfill His plan, whereas when He closes a door it means that the path you are thinking of is not part of His plan, or He is not in that plan. In either case, opening and closing doors are for the fulfillment of His plans for you.
It is important to distinguish between a co-incidence and a God-incidence. A coincidence is random and can be beneficial or harmful. It is strictly by chance. A God-incidence is, as the name, implies a circumstance God has orchestrated. It is a God “set-up”! Remember, as Romans 8:28 states, “all things work out for good to those who love Him and are called to his purpose.
A good scriptural illustration of this is found in Acts 16. The Apostle Paul along with Silas and Timothy were sharing the Gospel in Asia Minor (modern-day Turkey)/ They also visited the churches that had been established, during Paul’s first missionary journey. The Bible then says that at some point they were forbidden (the door was closed) by the Holy Spirit to continue preaching the word in Asia or Turkey. Then “tried to go into Bithynia, but the Spirit did not permit them”, the door was closed to continue.
It was in Troas that a vision appeared to Paul in the night. The vision was of a man from Macedonia (modern-day Greece) who stood and pleaded with him, saying, “Come over to Macedonia and help us.” Now after he had seen the vision, they immediately made their way to Macedonia. You see Paul’s conclusion was that the Lord was calling them to preach the gospel in Macedonia or Greece.
What is so significant about this event is that Paul established 7 important churches in Macedonia or Greece. These are the very same 7 churches mentioned in the Book of Revelation chapters 2 and 3.
God’s plan was that the Apostle Paul was to establish these churches in Macedonia! Paul could have resisted the closed door but then he would not have accomplished God’s best! In God, nothing happens by accident.
In closing, it is important to note that while God may open or close a door He will not force you to go through the open door or prevent you from opening a closed door. A very important truth about God is that He has given you Free Will! Faith requires free will, love requires free will, obedience requires free will. We always have a choice! Recall Joshua’s words in Joshua 24:15b, “But as for me and my household, we will serve the Lord.”As Joshua made a decision to trust God, I encourage you to do the same. Learn to hear God’s voice through the scriptures, the Holy Spirit, through the circumstances of life, and allow the peace of God rule (or be the umpire) in your hearts, Colossians 3:15a.
