Power Boost 7: Find the Door

READY

“Keep on asking, and you will receive what you ask for. Keep on seeking, and you will find. Keep on knocking, and the door will be opened to you.” Matthew 7:7 NLT 

SET

Doors are objects we use every day. We’re opening and closing them constantly. We often take them for granted because of doors or entrances and exits. Doors provide protection from intruders. Doors can represent hope and new opportunities.

Ancient cities such as Jerusalem regained protection from outsiders when the gates were rebuilt. The prophet Hosea speaks of a valley being the “door of hope.” The Apostle Paul was glad to have a “great door for effective work” opened for him on more than one occasion.

“When you hit the wall, look for the door!” Before every race, Coach T challenged her distance runners with that message. She meant that when something bad or unexpected happens in your life, don’t let it stop you. Instead, look for another way to keep going.

It’s common to experience pain in our lives, but it’s only the most courageous runner who keeps finding doors to open.

So be brave! If God has placed a wall in your life, He has surely made a door. Find the door and blast through it. See God do “immeasurably more than all we ask or imagine, according to his power that is at work within us” (Ephesians 3:20).

GO

1. Give an example of opening an actual door when you didn’t know what was on the other side. What emotions did you feel?

2. Can you describe a time when God prepared a door for you? Did you go through it? If so, what was the basis for trust?

WORKOUT

• Exodus 12:22
• Matthew 7:8

OVERTIME

“Father God, give me the courage to find and open Your door when my situation seems impossible.”

Rebekah Trittipoe