GOD'S OPEN DOOR OF FAITH

Acts 14:27 Now when they had come and gathered the church together, they reported all that God had done with them, and that He had opened the door of faith to the Gentiles.

God has opened the door of faith to the Gentiles (non Jewish people) in order to receive God's righteousness, His forgiveness, His grace, His healing, His blessings and the gift of eternal life. We would be a lost and helpless people without it.

But praise God He did open that door of faith to us and those who have made Jesus their Lord and Saviour enter into all of the above blessings and countless others besides.

But I have been challenged this morning. How far through the door of faith am I entering into God's provision? Some Christians seem to squeeze through the door and take their forgiveness and gift of eternal salvation and say "that's enough, I don't want to know any more than that." They've never fully entered in to receive all God has because they didn't understand that God has far more than that for them. If we're honest, even when we do know that, we let fear of the unknown stop us as well sometimes. 

2 Corinthians 5:7 For we walk by faith, not by sight.  Which one are we walking by today?

So often we get stuck inside the door and don't progress into things we can only receive by faith. We find our feet stuck in the mud of  'what I see and feel realm' and forget God opened the door of faith because He wants us to go right through into the unseen supernatural world of faith beyond it. 

Does that sound far out to you? I hope not when you read what God constantly says about faith in His Word. It's the world where we have to believe something He's said before we see it. It goes beyond the natural. It's the realm where you receive your healing even when the doctor says you can't, the realm of supernatural debt cancellation, the world of seeing people saved who you never thought would or could. We get saved by it, walk by it, stand in it, fight for it, get healed by it, enter into the world of signs and wonders by it. I could go on but we've looked at the world of faith many times in this blog. 

So I pass on the challenge to you today to at least think about, and then pray and ask the Lord what He'd like you to move further into by faith.  Are we willing to let go of the door handle and take some steps of faith knowing He is the one holding our hand and we can trust Him. I pray that as we do we will more fully enter into all His good plans for us. How about asking someone to pray with you about it?

Thank you Lord you're helping us to move further through your open door of faith into all You have already prepared for us.  Amen.

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