WHEN GOD CLOSES A DOOR - Inspirational & Motivational Video

In the walk of faith, there is a sound that is Impossible for us to get used to It often comes abruptly and it always happens Surprisingly, it's inaudible, but it is powerful And most of us can name specific Places and times in our lives when we heard that sound and I'm referring to the sound That occurs when God closes a door The thing that makes it so difficult is that we usually misinterpret that sound it often comes on the heels of strong commitment to obedience being filled with the spirit Going through a season of Prayer often over weeks of time followed by hard work diligent effort the counsel of others and then slam that door shuts And to make it even more difficult is The following the closing of the door there is silence deafening silence God's silence Where are you God? Times like that we are Humbly reminded that he is the potter and we are the clay He is the master. We are the servant We say we willingly bow before him that he is our God and He is our guide o great Jehovah Just a pilgrim in a barren land and And I'm moving toward the goal of honoring you and serving you and now this To make it even more difficult God does not tell us why certainly not then God rarely if ever explains why One thing is for sure when that door closes.

We do not think at that moment. This is going to lead me to something better The Scottish Essayist Thomas Carlyle 19th century writer Essayist historian put it this way When the oak tree is felled the whole forest echoes with it But a hundred acorns are planted silently by some unnoticed breeze When the door slams on our face we don't think that poetically All we can hear is the falling of our oak And the thud as it hits the forest Destroying our dream our hope our anticipation we don't think at that moment that there are some acorns being Whisked away and blown to a place that will grow and bear fruit for God's glory through an open door At a time like this when the door closes and some of you have had one close recently That's when great theology needs to kick in and two great truths come to our rescue The first truth is that God is sovereign Daniel 4:35 all the inhabitants of the earth are is nothing And He does according to his will in the army of heaven and among the inhabitants of the earth and no one can ward off his Hand or say to him. What are you doing?

The psalmist put it this way in 115:3 our God is in the heavens he does whatever he pleases Sort of point-blank in your face. I'm in charge The other great truth is that God's plan is profound And often to us very strange Revelation 3:7 tells us he is the one who opens and no one closes he closes and no one opens And there's no explanation following that statement You feel like a failure you feel like you Were poor in planning you weren't sensitive to the Holy Spirit none of the above is true. God closed the door But we're not ready to understand closed doors.

We like open doors Especially when we're not told why they closed. Remember God is sovereign and God's plan is profound and Often so strange Get on past the closed doors There's something great to be reaped by going to the open ones Since God is sovereign He is in full control on both sides of any door Being in full control God takes full responsibility for the results The closing of a good opportunity Occurs in order to lead us to an even better one.