“If it doesn’t open, it’s not your door.”

By  Misty Strieff Prine

Have you ever wanted something so bad, and you get so close to achieving it and then it slips right through your fingers? Going, going...gone. Maybe it's a relationship with a certain someone, a job opportunity that "you think" will better your family, even a move to a different place to start a new life? You see, the things that we "think" are best for us may not be. We can stand before the doors of potential opportunities and knock for years but those doors may never open. Here's the thing. That door may not be ours to open in the first place. God may have a door down the hallway that is our door but He wants us to go through some life experiences first so we will appreciate that door more first OR maybe it has been there all along but we were too busy chasing what we thought was best door for us instead of keeping our mind open as to what God thought was best for us. We all need to get in the habit of being able to break apart from our reality of thinking in order that we may never miss the opportunities God wants us to have that are literally right under our noses. He knows what is best for us...always. Us, not so much. God sees the bigger picture where we only see a small window.

If you stand before a door and you knock persistently and no one ever opens the door to let you in, move on down the hallway...it isn't meant to be. God's got better things waiting on you, my friend. I promise. I look back on my life at how different my life used to be. My situation was a little bit different. In my heart I had big dreams, but I knew I was far from capable. I really had no direction or idea of what I wanted in my life because I knew I wasn’t capable. I was so shy, introverted, basically COMPLETELY opposite than what I am right now. I really didn’t have a “door” to knock on.  Little did I know God had prepared multiple doors for me that I hadn’t even walked up to yet. God already had a big set of doors planned for me to walk through that I never in a million years was expecting.  He also did something in my life that I NEVER thought possible. He gave me the ability and the desire to help others and in doing so, He broke down so many barriers that others had put in my life. I was such a broken shell of "me" hurt by those who, by worldly standards, should be the ones who should have lifted you up. I was sheltered and withdrawn and had zero self-confidence. None. He gave me the courage to talk to others, help others, sing for Him, lead congregation in worship, and do what I am doing right now...writing and ministering. So never let this world make you feel like God cannot use YOU! He can!!

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