Often when we think about God’s will, we think about it in very mystical terms. It is floating out there waiting for us to find it, much like a unicorn. Everyone is seeking, few have found it but if you do, it changes everything.
On the other side, we try to make it as practical as possible. Simply look for open doors. If a door is open, that must be God’s will, a mentor told me once.
Every open door?
Some doors that are open to us are God’s will and others aren’t.
I want to speak to the person who stares at open doors.
Too often we miss God’s will because we are looking at an open door just waiting.
What are we waiting for?
For conclusive proof. For God to make it obvious. For God to take away every other door so we know which of four doors in front of us to walk through.
Yet faith doesn’t work this way. Yes, God gives us obvious ways to follow His plan in the Bible. We know that every follower of Jesus is to use his gifts and talents for the glory of God. Where and how are not spelled out. Part of the adventure of faith is the risk of those steps.
Instead of staring at open doors wondering, “Is this the one?”, walk forward. Take a hold of the handle and see if it stays open and what God has on the other side.