I have no idea what 2024 has to offer me or what plans God has prepared for me. I keep praying for guidance and insight but He remains silent. So I’m just walking into this new year exclaiming “whatever God!"
One phrase I keep hearing is that "Doors will open in 2024.” I’m not sure what doors He is referring to but I am intrigued with wherever He wants to take me. I get excited with a good adventure and travelling into the unknown with the Lord, my door keeper.
When I pass a house with the door or curtains open, I strain my neck to take a glance. I enjoy seeing how people have their houses decorated and what's going on inside. Sounds a little creepy dosen’t it? I never linger and look, just a quick look and I’m on my way.
An open door can symbolize opportunity, new beginnings, and the welcoming of blessings. It can also signify the invitation to explore new paths, embrace change, and embark on a journey of personal or spiritual growth. ( per google)
I’m anticipating the new doors the Lord is going to open for me in this new year, and I can’t wait to look inside. I am eager to walk through those doors; of opportunity, new aquaitances and new friends, doors of increased wisdom, knowlegde and understanding, doors of spiritual, physical and financial growth, doors of healthy choices and hopefully doors of stability, joy, peace, strength and more love. God has all the keys to every door that I might encounter. Whatever door He wants open for me, He will open and I’m sure there will be some that He will close because He knows what's best and wants what's best for me. I desire only what He has planned for me.
As I look back over 2023, I see the doors He has opened as well as those He closed. I don’t understand the reasons for the closed doors but I survived without them and God knew what I needed and what I didn’t. He has a purpose and plan for me and His plans are for my good. I pray as I approach the doors in my future, I will be able to rest in His soveriegn wisdom with the open and closed doors.
Matthew 7:7 says ask and you shall receive, seek and you shall find; knock and it shall be opened to you.
I believe this verse and quote it often, however, there are still many doors that God has not opened for me yet. Maybe, He will someday and maybe those doors are not meant to be opened to protect me. Closed doors can save us from mistakes we might not foresee. They can also be a blessing in disguise.
There is something mysterious to me about a closed door, though. I get so curious about what is on the other side, my mind starts imagining different scenarios and scenes; just like these three interesting doors above.
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