Keep kicking the doors

Greetings:
We read about open doors in Isaiah 54:1-2 where it is written:  “This is what the Lord says to his anointed, to Cyrus, whose right hand I take hold of to subdue nations before him and to strip kings of their armor, to open doors before him so that gates will not be shut: I will go before you and will level the mountains; I will break down gates of bronze and cut through bars of iron. "
Isn't it encouraging that God goes before us to level those mountains we face and breaks down those gates and doors and strongholds that can block our paths?
Remember the Lord opened the Red Sea to make His people pass through it. But He closed it when the Egyptians tried to use the same way He had opened for His people.
Many times we live in fear even after the Lord has opened a door for us. We live in constant apprehension and worry about whether the door will be closed again by anyone and we begin to suspect everyone that they might do something harmful to us. When that happens, we become immobilized, and we just sit there
On the other hand when the Lord opens a way for us, we should not try ourselves to close it. Sometimes the Lord may lead us in a difficult path. At such times we should not try to escape from it. When Jesus faced the cross, did he did not run away from it?
When we’re obedient and diligent to obey what God is telling us, He will open up doors of opportunity that we never saw coming.
I am also reminded this morning that every opportunity is not from God. Some come to distract and to make us frustrated. Yet others close without much notice, and the closed doors are for a purpose as well.
Jesus said in Revelation 3:7, “What he opens no one can shut, and what he shuts no one can open.”
How many of you know there is no use in trying to pry or force a door open? We should focus on the open ones.
We should focus on what is open, pray about it, then act.
Be blessed.