God closes doors so that you can learn to pray more. Isnt it true that doors that are open never inspire you to pray much? That is simply because you take them for granted. You do not give it a second thought. You may be thankful for it; but not consciously giving thanks to God for it. But when the door closes, you suddenly become aware of how much it had meant to you. You feel with awesome helplessness the immovable strength of a closed door shut in your face. Then, in sheer helplessness, you hit the dust on your knees. And you cry out, ``O God, help me! The cry echoes in emptiness. You will feel the pain of rejection. You cry out: ``My God, my God, why have you forsaken me? 2 Still no answer. All is darkness. You feel despair. You feel gnawing emptiness. But you have no other way. You continue to pray until there comes an assurance in your heart that God has heard. His peace settles in your heart. Now you can eagerly expect God to open some door for you. But the moments just before the door opens are the toughest for it is said that the darkest hour is just before dawn. That means, that the time before you receive the answer to prayer is the darkest. It is then that you need to pray more. In the Bible we find Daniel in the land of Babylon. He was taken there with the Israelites as captive in war. They were there seventy years. As those years were coming to a close, Daniel understood from the Book of Jeremiah 3 that their captivity was coming to an end (Ref. Daniel 9:2). He did not dance about when he understood that. But he prayed with all his heart. He confessed his sins and the sins of his fathers (Ref. Daniel 9:4--19); for if there is sin in ones heart God would not hear prayer 4. And there came a King named Cyrus who ordered the survivors of the captives to go back to Jerusalem5 . Thus Daniel prayed intensely in the darkest hour just before the dawn of their freedom. And they got it. And Daniel lived to see the doors of freedom open! So closed doors teach you to pray more. They grip your heart with such force that you pray like youve never prayed before. And when doors open; you will thankfully realize that you have moved up another level in the prayer ladder. Therefore pray with all your might when doors close on you.
Posted on: Fri, 08 Aug 2014 04:39:49 +0000
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