ACE #308: A Very Strange Place

Sometimes we are just in a very strange place.  That place, where we know that God can bless us, but doubt and fear keep us from walking in faith, keep us from believing that our prayers have been heard, keep us from trusting God at His word, and keep us from thinking there is a door with our name on it. 

We are struggling. 
 
We are weary. 
 
We are weak. 

The door is unlocked, yet we don't have enough strength or even enough faith to turn the knob.  We are standing on the front porch...peeping into the windows where our blessings, our breakthrough, and our reward awaits us...right there...in the middle of the room.  Maybe we assume the door is locked because we don't think we deserve the blessing or we believe it is just too good to be true that the wait...the agony...could possibly be over...instantly.

The beauty of it all...God knows our deeds and He's prepared a door for us.  He just wants us to continue to keep His word and to proclaim His message...in difficult times and in good times...through the spiritual, emotional, mental and physical fatigue.  Keep pressing...and in faith...in expectation...turn the knob!

Revelations 3:8
I know your deeds. See, I have placed before you an open door that no one can shut. I know that you have little strength, yet you have kept my word and have not denied my name.

Isaiah 22:22
I will place on his shoulder the key to the house of David; what he opens no one can shut, and what he shuts no one can open.