Life is full of opportunities, or doors if you will. We often hear or say things like, if God closes a door, He opens a window or something of that sort. Clever... but probably not true to reality. If God wants you to go somewhere, I don't think He expects you to climb out the window, my guess is He'll get your attention and unlock a different door... or two...
I believe that sometimes God unlocks or opens multiple doors and gives us a choice of where we want to go. After all, the truth is that most of the time it is not about where you go, it's about WHO YOU ARE while you're going. When we are more focused on being God's people, the geographical location becomes a minor detail. Obviously, He gives us a brain to make smart decisions. He expects us to use the intellect, discernment, and wisdom He's given to us to help us make those decisions. But sometimes I think we get too wrapped up in the "will of God", as if that meant being in a specific location rather than in being a person of God, and allowing Him to work in your life wherever you are.
But to stick with the analogy of doors in our lives. Sometimes, I believe He gives us a peek through the key hole. The door isn't open yet, but its unlocked, and you can definitely get a glimpse of what awaits you on the other side of the door. It takes faith to open an unlocked door when you've only seen a small portion of what awaits you. It's the faith that is important, not necessarily the door. The doors are simply there to stop you for a minute, to give you time to pause and refocus on what's important, and walk on in faith.
I think we too often frame God as the designer of a cosmic rat race, guiding us through a shifting maze of doors and hallways to reach the "big cheese" at the end of the maze. The point of our lives isn't to go through all the right doors to get the cheese. The point is to raise our eyes above the doors and walls that surround us and seek after the creator Himself. When you seek Him, you are no longer focused on the maze at all! When you look to God, doors are no longer the focus of your attention... He is.
So pause. Refocus. Remove everything that isn't Christ... and turn the handle.
-Steve
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