As I was there, a young boy of about 4 years old ran up to the main door, presumably to come and visit someone. The automatic door was just shutting after the last person had walked through when the child ran up. He tried to get through but was too small for the door sensor to recognise, so the doors kept closing.
The boy was jumping around in front of it saying "please open, please open" but it kept shutting.
Just before the doors shut completely, the child's father came up behind him and the door sensor recognised the larger person and opened for him. The boy didn't realise that his dad had come up behind him so he thought he had opened the door himself and with a whoop of excitement he ran through completely unaware of his dad.
It was a cute, amusing scene to watch, but as soon as the two went inside, I realised that God had got me to the hospital early specifically so I could watch this interaction and learn an important truth from it!In life we come up to a set of doors that are closing on us, it happens all the time. It may be a bad health diagnosis, a struggling marriage, a corrupt government. The doors might be a friend being ravaged by an eating disorder, a family member walking away from God or the unexpected loss of a job and financial security.
We run up to the door, desperately trying to stop it from closing in our face, longing to cross over to the other side where there is healing, breakthrough or rest.
But we're too small, too insignificant, too powerless from stopping those heavy doors and they continue to shut. We can plead, jump around in front of them and get frustrated but nothing happens.
But when Dad, when Papa God comes up behind us, when the weight of His power, glory and love is backing us, those doors have no choice but to open! Cancer has to die, love has to win the marriage back, nations and governments have to bow down! Addiction is always broken off, souls always turn and repent and security and provision always flows!
The doors open before God. By their very nature they cannot remain closed.
The danger then for us, is that we rejoice at the opening door, at the change in circumstances and we run through to enjoy the outcome without looking behind. If we turned around we would see the Father, the One for whom the door opened.
My friend, don't run too far ahead of Dad. Wait on Him, walk through the door together knowing the power of the one you walk with.
